Rheumatic Disorders - Top Ayurvedic Herbs & Techniques At Your Rescue!
Rheumatoid arthritis is chronic inflammatory disorder that can affect more than just your joints . In some people, the condition also can damage a wide variety of body system.
An autoimmune disorder, rheumatoid arthritis occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your own body tissues. Unlike the wear & tear damage of osteoarthritis, RA affects the lining of your joint causing a painful swelling that can eventually result in bone erosion and joint deformity.
As per the ayurveda this condition can be corelate with “ आमवात ”
अन्गमर्दोsरुचिस्तृष्णा आलस्यं गौरवं ज्वरः |
अपाकः शुनताsगंनामामवातस्य लक्षणं ||
40 % of people who have RA also experience involvement of many nonjoint structures like eye, skin, kidney, heart, lungs, salivary gland, nerve tissue, blood Vessels.
Symptoms
- Abdominal pain
- Fever
- Heart (cardiac) problems, which may not have symptoms, or may result in shortness of breath and chest pain
- Joint pain, arthritis (mainly in the knees, elbows, ankles, and wrists)
- Joint swelling; redness or warmth
- Nosebleeds (epistaxis)
- Skin nodules
- Skin rash (erythema marginatum)
- Skin eruption on the trunk and upper part of the arms or legs
- Eruptions that look ring-shaped or snake-like
- Sydenham chorea (emotional instability, muscle weakness and quick, uncoordinated jerky movements that mainly affect the face, feet, and hands)
Treatment :
The goals of treatment are to minimize symptoms & to prevent bone deformity and to maintain day to day functioning.
While treating patients of RA treating their agni is prime factor because unless & until we control aam its very difficult to give cure to patient. Hence line of treatment as per ayurveda is :
- Internal medications to improve agni, aampachan to reduce symptoms.
- Panchakarma :
- Basti: It’s a prime treatment of vata vyadhi.
- Patrapottali
- Gandharva Siddha Sneha internally along with 1 cup warm milk at bed time.
- Valuka pottali swedan