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आमवात

ĀMAVĀTA

Regional Name

Asam. : Jaḍabāta
Beng. : Āmabāta
Dogr. : Āmavāta, Gaṭhiyā
Guj. : Sāndhanovā
Hind. : Gaṭhiyā
Kan. : Vāyu Novu
Maly. : Āmavātham
Mra. : Āmavāta
Ori. : Anthuganthivāta
Panj. : Gaṭhiā
Tam. : Kīlavāyu
Tel. : Vāta Kīllanoppulu
Eng. : Rheumatism

Vitiated Āma and Vāyu by involving Koṣṭha, Trika and Sandhi (joints) cause pain in the joints, loss of appetite, indigestion, stiffness of the body, weakness and heaviness in the heart area and this condition is known as Āmavāta.

Signs and Symptoms


Pain and inflammation of one or more joints particularly of hand, foot, tarsals, knee, thigh and sacrum; scorpion bite like pain in the affected joints, loss of appetite, indigestion; fever, vague pain in different parts of the body, feeling of heaviness in the body, lack of initiative, disturbance in sleep habit, stiffness in heart area, constipation are the signs and symptoms of Āmavāta. The disease ultimately leads to the disability.

Treatment

Single Drugs


1. Powder of Śuṇṭhī (dried ginger) – 2 g., to be taken with 50 ml. warm water twice a day.

2. 12 to 24 g. leaf of Āragvadha (cassia) fried in ghee or Sarṣapa Taila (mustard oil), to be taken twice a day.

Simple Preparations


1. Decoction of equal part of Śuṇṭhī (dried ginger) and stem of Guḍūcī – 14 to 28 ml. is to be taken with 6 g. powder of fruit rind of Harītakī (chebulic myrobalan) twice a day.

Compound Preparations


1. Ajmodādi Cūrṇa: 1 to 3 g., to be taken with 50 ml. warm water twice a day.

2. Vaiśvanāra Cūrṇa: 3 to 6 g. is to be taken with 50 ml. warm water twice a day.

3. Guḍūcyādi Kvātha: 14 to 28 ml., to be taken twice a day.

4. Mahā-Rasnādi Kvātha: 28 to 56 ml., to be taken before meal twice a day.

5. Rāsnā-Daśamūla Kvātha: 14 to 28 ml., to be taken with Eraṇḍa Taila (castor oil) – 7 to 14 ml. once a day early in the morning.

6. Rāsnādi Kvātha: 14 to 28 ml., to be taken twice a day.

7. Hiṅgulesvara Rasa: 1 to 2 pills, to be taken with 50 ml. warm water twice a day.

8. Mahā Yogarāja Guggulu: 1 to 2 pills, to be taken with 50 ml. warm water thrice a day.

9. Yogarāja Guggulu: 1 to 2 pills, to be taken with 50 ml. warm water thrice a day.

10. Siṁhanāda Guggulu: 1 to 2 pills, to be taken with 50 ml. warm water thrice a day.

11. Viṣatinduka Vaṭī: 1 to 2 pills, to be taken with 50 ml. warm water twice a day.

12. Eraṇḍa Pāka: 12 to 24 g., to be taken with 50 ml. warm water once a day.

Local Applications


Following local applications are useful for relieving the pain and inflammation.

1. Fomentation of the affected joint with Bālukā Poṭṭalikā (sand bag).

2. Fomentation of the joint with luke warm decoction of root of Eraṇḍa (castor) twice a day.

3. Hot Lepa (poultice) prepared from the seed of Māṣa (black phaseolus) – 250 g., leaves of Rāsnā – 125 g. and Gandhaprasāraṇī – 125 g., root of Eraṇḍa (castor) – 125 g. and Atibalā – 125 g. is to be applied on the affected part.

4. Take flour of Godhūma (wheat) and powdered seed of Eraṇḍa (castor) in equal parts, mix in sufficient quantity of goat’ milk or old ghee and boil to make a Lepa (poultice). It is to be applied while hot on the affected joint.

5. Viṣagarbha Taila: to be applied on the affected joint.

Pathya


Rakta Śāli (a red variety of rice), seeds of Kodrava (a type of cereal), Śyāmāka (a type of cereal), Yava (barley) and Kulattha (dolichos bean); warm water; Ārdraka (ginger), bulb of Rasona (garlic), leaf and fruit of Paṭola (a variety of small cucumber), root of Punarnavā (pigweed), leaves of Śigru (horse-radish) and Vāstūka (a variety of chenopodium, white goose-foot) and fruit of Kāravellaka (bitter gourd) are the useful articles of diet for the patient of Āmavāta.

Apathya


Guru, Abhiṣyandi Anna; seed of Māṣa (black phaseolus bean); milk, curd, Guḍa (jaggery); incompatible and unrelished foods, fish, excessive eating, nonpotable water; sitting up at night; suppression of calls of nature and exposure to eastern winds are harmful for the patient of Āmavāta.

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