• Ashtavaidyan ET Neelakandhan Mooss
• Dr.Sudeesh Kumar S
• Dr. Navaneeth Krishnan N
• Dr. Anusree D
• PKS Nair

Arthritis being a major problem faced worldwide is a throbbing issue existing now. Out of the many types of arthritis, osteoarthritis is the major form. This is commonly seen in later stage of life. Taking into consideration the great disability in osteo arthritis a study was conducted to evaluate the effect of patrapottali sveda, tailadhara externally and panchathiktaka ksheera ghruta for internal administration to manage the osteo arthritis knee. Methodology - In the present study 60 participants having osteo- arthritis of Knee and patients satisfying the inclusion criteria were recruited to the study. The total time period of the study was 60 days with 21 days of IP treatment and 24 days of OP treatment. The assessments were done on baseline and followed periodically on 21st, 45th day and 60th day. The 21 days of treatment, included Valuka sweda for 1-3days followed by internal administration of Panchatiktaka ksheera kwatha and Panchatiktaka guggulu ghrita along with Pradesika Patrapottali sweda for 7 days. In the next 7 days, internal administration of Panchatiktaka ksheera kwatha and Panchatiktaka guggulu ghrita along with Pradesika taila dhara with Ketakeemooladi taila was done. In the next 4 days, internal medicines only were continued and given complete rest. After completion of 21 days of IP treatment, patient was treated on OP level for further 24 days by the administration of internal medicines along with self external application of Ketakeemooladi taila on affected knee joint. The follow up for the completed cases were done after 15 days. RESULTS - The responses of the treatment were satisfactory. The treatment results showed significant improvement in the functional ability of the patients. The functional parameters, VAS, WOMAC scale and SF36 showed significant improvement. The laboratory parameters used to evaluate the liver and kidney functions did not show any significant change that indicates the prescribed treatment is safe.

Osteoarthritis knee, valuka sweda, panchathikta ksheera, pradeshika patrapotali sweda, ketakeemooladi thaila

"Evaluation of the effect of patrapottali sveda, Tailadhara externally and panchatiktaka Ksheera and ghruta internally in the Management of sandhivata(osteo arthritis-knee)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.b505-b515, June-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206170.pdf

"Evaluation of the effect of patrapottali sveda, Tailadhara externally and panchatiktaka Ksheera and ghruta internally in the Management of sandhivata(osteo arthritis-knee)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. ppb505-b515, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206170.pdf