Osteoarthritis - joint disorder

• SANDHIGATA VATA

•IN AYURVEDA, SANDHIGATA VATA IS SIMILAR OR CAN BE CORRELATED TO OSTEOARTHRITIS.

• ANY DISEASE OR INJURIES WHICH AFFECT HUMAN JOINTS COMES UNDER THE JOINT DISORDER.

• AYURVEDA HAA GIVEN IMPORTANCE TO VATA DOSHA BECAUSE IT IS ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MOVEMENTS IN THE BODY.

• JOINT DISORDERS ARE VERY COMMON IN STAGES WHERE VATA PREDOMINANCY IS SEEN.

• OSTEOARTHRITIS DISEASE IS THE RESULTS OF DEGENERATION OF JOINT CARTILAGE AND THE UNDERLYING BONE.

• CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE FAILED TO FIND A SOLUTION OF THIS DISEASE.

• FREQUENT INJECTIONS OF LARGE AMOUNT OF STEROIDS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH JOINT BREAKDOWN IN HUMANS.

• OSTEOARTHRITIS CAN OCCUR IN ANY JOINT, BUT MORE CHANCE TO AFFECT YOUR HANDS, KNEES, HIPS OR SPINE.

• REASON FOR CARTILAGE LOSS :

1. HEREDITARY

2. METABOLIC

3. DEVELOPMENTAL

4. MECHANICAL INJURY/ TRAUMATIC INJURY

5. JUST GETTING OLDER

6. OBESE PERSON

• SECOND MOST COMMON MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER IN THE WORLD.

• SANDHIGATA VATA IS THE MOST COMMON JOINT DISORDER AMONG ELDERLY OBESE PERSON.

• FEMALES ARE FOUND TO BE MORE AFFECTED BY THIS DISEASE.

• IN CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE, NSAIDs AND SURGERY ARE PRACTICE IN MANAGEMENT OF THIS DISEASE, BUT HAVE THEIR OWN LIMITATIONS.

• ANTI-INFLAMMATORY & ANALGESIC DRUGS ARE CAUSE MANY SIDE EFFECTS PARTICULARLY BY REPEATED AND PROLONGED USAGES.

• AYURVEDA SUGGESTED OLD TECHNIQUES AND PACIFY THE PAINFUL CONDITION WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATIONS AND THUS PREVENTING FURTHER DEGENERATIVE CHANGES.

• CHIKITSA:

• MAIN AIM OF TREATMENT IS TO RESTORE HEALTH/ SVASTHYA.

• RESTORE NORMAL FUNCTION OF AGNI, DOSHA, DHATU, MALA ETC.

• SANDHIGATA VATA IS VATAJA DISORDER, SO TREATMENT OF VATA- VYADHI ADOPTED.

~ SPECIFIC LINE OF TREATMENT:

1. SNEHANA: IT IS VERY EFFECTIVE.

2. ABHYANGA/ MASSAGE: FOR ABHYANGA, SUKHOSHNA TAILA OR SNEHA IS USED.

IN JOINTS IT SHOULD BE DONE IN CIRCULAR MOVEMENT.

3. AGNIKARMA/ FIRE TREATMENT: UNIQUE TREATMENT INDICATED IN SANDHIGATA VATA.

4. SWEDANA: IT IS HELPFUL IN NEUTRALIZING STABDHATA, SHITATA AND GAURAVATA.

• USEFUL HERBS:

1. SUNTHI

2. SHIGRU

3. GARLIC

4. ERANDA

5. RASNA

6. GUGGULU

7. DASHMOOL

• SOME IMPORTANT PREPARATION:

1. DASHMOOL KWATHA

2. MAHANARAYANA TAILA

3. PANCHGUNA TAILA

4. YOGARAJ GUGGULU

5. MAHAYOGARAJ GUGGULU

6. DASHAMULARISTHA

7. VAISHVANARA CHURNA

• NOTE: TAKE MEDICINES PRESCRIBED BY QUALIFIED AYURVEDIC PHYSICIAN.

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