Clinical Study On Virechan Karma (Induced Purgation) In The Management Of Amavata (Rheumatoid Arthritis)

In this clinical study 34 Amavata (Rheumatoid arthritis) patients were registered from the O.P.D. & I.P.D., Department of Kayachikitsa, Institute of Post Graduate Ayurvedic Education and Research, Kolkata. 30 patients completed the treatment out of 34 and 4 patients left the treatment before completion of the therapy. The aim of the study was to evaluate the role of Ayurvedic management on Amavata (Rheumatoid arthritis). The treatment schedule was Sneha pana (Intake of Ayurvedic medicated oil), Niragnik swedana (Sweating by without heat), and Virechan karma (Induced purgation). In present clinical study 60 % patients got major improvement, 40 % patients got minor improvement, no improvement was nil and no one patient had got complete remission. No adverse reaction was found in this clinical study. REFERANCES 1 Madhavakara, Rakshita V, Dutta S, Shastri S, Upadhyaya Y. Madhava Nidana (Madhukokosha Vyakya with Vidyotini Hindi Commentary), Ed 26, Part. I, Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sanathana, Varanasi, 1996, 460-464. 2 Harrison TR, Anthony S. Fauci et al. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, Ed 14, Vol. 2, McGraw Hill, New York, 1998, 1885. 3 Chakrapanidutta, Sengupta D, Sengupta U, Sensharma K, Bhattacharya S. Chakradutta, Amavata Chikitsa, Ed 1, Deepayan, Kolkata, 1999, 138-141. 4 Harrison TR, Anthony S. Fauci et al. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, Ed 14, Vol. 2, McGraw Hill, New York, 1998, 1885. 5 Govindadas, Sengupta V, Sensharma K, Bhattacharya S. Bhaishaijya Ratnavali, Amavatadhikar, Tritiya khanda, Ed 1, Deepayan, Kolkata, 2000, 44-54. 6 Das D, Das A. Statistics in Biology and Physiology, Ed 4, Academic Publishers, Kolkata, 2005, 1-137.