• HARSHAL.R Patel
• KHUSHBU PRAJAPATI
• ROHINI R. SALVE

Keywords: Amvata, Shaman chikitsa, Ksharabasti, Kasthtasadhya Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common persistent inflammatory arthritis which is destructive and deforming in nature. It mainly involves small joints though effect any joint and symmetrical in nature. There is a presence of circulating anti globulin antibodies and is a multifocal disease with complex genetic and environmental factors including possible infections. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is estimated to affect approximately 0.24 to 1 percent of the population and to be twice as common in women compared with men. RA has a predilection to affect women, in whom incidence and prevalence rates of RA are twice as high as in men. The lifetime risk of developing RA is 3.6 percent in women and 1.7 percent in men. Rheumatoid arthritis treatment options include medications, reduction of joint stress, physical and occupational therapy, and surgical intervention. Most people who have rheumatoid arthritis take some type of medication. Medications for RA typically fall into five categories: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs); steroids; disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs); biologics; and Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors. Prognosis of the disease is also very bad and disease is progressive and lead to joint deformities. It is observed that rheumatism is an autoimmune disorder, which is among the collagen disorders having strong and significant parlance with Amavata. It is become Kasthtasadhya or Yapya to treat due to Madhyam Rogamarga. So we may correlated Rheumatoid arthritis with Amvata. A 56 year old female patient with the symptoms of Sarvang sandhi shoola evem shotha, Asane evam Gamne Kashtata, Daurbalyata, Udar gauravata, Aruchi, Mandagni, and Jwara visited OPD of Panchkarma department of Akhandanand Ayurveda hospital. So, I used Ksharabasti along with oral administration of Shaman Chikitsa to treat

Keywords: Amvata, Shaman chikitsa, Ksharabasti, Kasthtasadhya

"AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRAITIS – A CASE STUDY.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no.j167-j171, June-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206922.pdf

"AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRAITIS – A CASE STUDY.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 6, page no. ppj167-j171, June-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2206922.pdf