European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

EFFICACY OF RASONADI KWATHA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AAMAVATA W.S.R. TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

*Dr. Abhimanyu Dasharath Lohar and Dr. Somadatta Bhaskarrao Kulkarni

ABSTRACT

Aamavata is disease of madhyama roga marga, there is predominance of aama and vata which vitiates tridosha. The disease affects sandhi marma which leads to morbidity. In the present era life style has become so complex and busy that millions of people in develop and developing country have become prone to aamavata. In the developing country like India 100 million people are suffering from aamavata. It has peak incidence or onset in 25-55 years of age, 2-4 times more common in women. Worldwide prevalence of Rheumatoid Arthritis is approximately 0.8% with about 0.5%-0.75% in India. In modern science the treatment is all together focused on reducing inflammation with use of NSAIDs, DMARDs. On the contrary Ayurveda follows a treatment strategy with Langhana, Swedana, and Tikta-Katu –Deepan dravyas etc. which help in reduction of Aama to break pathogenesis of the disease. So the study is designed to assess the effects of Rasonadi kwatha individually.

Keywords: Aamavata, Rheumatoid arthritis, cost effective opd procedure, Rasonadi kwatha.