AAMVATA & ITS MANAGEMENT THROUGH AYURVEDA - A CASE REPORT

Abstract

Today is the era of modernization and fast life, everybody is living busy and living stressful life which leads to improper dietary habits, which leads to vitiation of Tridoshas independently or together results in manifestation of disease Agnimandya.Which is root cause for all disease like Prameha (Diabetes Mellitus), Sthaulya (Obesity), Aamvata (Rheumatoid Arthritis) etc. Amavata is a common disease encountered by physicians in day to- day life. Due to progressive, chronic nature of disease it affects the quality of life of patients and decreases their productivity at work. When Aam (Undigested Food) and Vata are vitiated simultaneously and enters in the Trika and Sandhi Pradesh leading to Gatrastabdha, this condition is known as Aamvata. In modern science Amavata is compare with Rheumatoid Arthritis which is an auto-immune disorder.In the present article a 38 years old female patient presented with complaints of Angmarda, Aruchi (Loss of Appetite), Jwara (Fever), Sandhishotha (Joints Swelling) and Sandhishoola (Joint Pain) for 6 months. This patient was effectively treated by the combination of Ajmodadi Churna, Aamvatavidhavansh Rasa, Trikatu Churna Chitrakadi Vati,Singhnaad Gugglu and Dashmoola Kwath. All the symptoms showed highly significant results. Hence it can be concluded that these medicines are very effective in patients of Aamvata.