World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PUNARNAVADI VATI AND AJAMODADI VATI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF AMAVATA W.S.R. TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Harshal V. Trivedi, Pramod S. Mandalkar,* Jaykrushna B. Jani and Nayan P. Joshi

ABSTRACT

Amavata is one of the most challenging diseases for the medical science, as it causes intolerable pain and severe deformities making the patient disable and bed ridden. Having several features similar to Rheumatoid arthritis, Amavata can be correlated with Rheumatoid arthritis (R.A.). Ama and vitiated Vata plays dominant role, though all Dosha take part in the causation of the disease. Amavata is such a disease which continues to pose challenge to physician due to severe morbidity and crippling nature. It also shows extra articular features like bodyache, stiffness etc. Many research works have been carried out to solve this clinical enigma. But an effective, safe and less complicated treatment is still required for the management of Amavata. So, in present study total 29 patients were registered and were randomly divided into 2 Groups .Group A- Punarnavadi Vati & Group B - Ajamodadi Vati. Both the groups showed significant relief in symptoms; however, compared to Punarnavadi Vati, Ajamodadi Vati showed better result in the management of Amavata.

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