REVIEW ON HISTORY OF AMAVATA

Authors

  • Saroj Kumar Debnath Research Officer (Ayurveda), Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
  • Dipsundar Sahu Research Officer (Ayurveda), Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
  • Debajyoti Das Research Officer (Ayurveda), Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
  • Laxmidhar Barik Research Officer (Ayurveda), Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.
  • Jayram Hazra Director, Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India.

Keywords:

Ama, Vata, Amavata, Rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

Amavata has been named taking into two predominant pathological factors i.e. Ama and Vata. Ama is closely associated with Vata in Amavata. The entity Amavata is available since the period of Charaka as a reference in the context of various treatments. Amavata as a separate disease entity was described first in detail by Madhavakara in his famous treatise Madhava Nidanam. Presently Ayurvedic authors have correlated the disease Amavata with Rheumatoid Arthritis mainly on the basis of its clinical features and pathogenesis. Amavata has been described since ancient period which can be classified into Vedic kala, Samhita kala, Samraha kala and Adhunik kala for its historical review purpose.

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Published

15-03-2018

How to Cite

Saroj Kumar Debnath, Dipsundar Sahu, Debajyoti Das, Laxmidhar Barik, & Jayram Hazra. (2018). REVIEW ON HISTORY OF AMAVATA. International Journal of Applied Ayurved Research, 3(6), 1016–1020. Retrieved from https://ijaar.in/index.php/journal/article/view/533

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 6 (2018): JAN-FEB 2018

Section

Review Articles
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