EFFICACY OF DHANYAMLA DHARA IN THE TREATMENT OF AAMAVATA (RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS): A CASE STUDY

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is defined as chronic inflammatory disease that affects synovial joints. According to Ayurveda, Aamavata leads to pathology at big joints of body with stiffness, painful movement, inflammation, swelling at joints of Elbow, wrist, ankle and knee joint. Hence, Rheumatoid Arthritis can be compared to Aamavata which is one of the challenging diseases for the physicians due to its chronic nature and complications. The allopathic treatment provides the symptomatic relief which also give rise to many side effects, toxic symptoms and adverse reactions with more serious complications. A case of 42 years female diagnosed as Aamvata was treated with Dhanyamla dhara for 14 days. Sahasrayoga and Dharakalpa has described Dhanyamla dhara as Purvakarma. Ayurvedic pharmacodynamic properties, phytochemicals and bioactivities of the ingredients were also gathered to identify the therapeutic values of Dhanyamla. After the treatment schedule, the patient was assessed clinically, functionally and haematologically and there was marked improvement in patient. Thus, Dhanyamla dhara proved to be very effective in managing symptoms of Aamvata.