EFFECTIVENESS OF MAYANA THYLAM PATTIKATTUTHAL (BANDAGE) IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (UTHIRAVATHA SURONITHAM)-A CASE SERIES OF OPD, GSMCH, PALAYAMKOTTAI

Patti kattuthal is one among the 32 types of siddha external therapy, which is widely used in the management of trauma, wound, contusion, boils, muscle spasms, sprain, abscess, dislocation of joints and fracture Pattikattuthal is usually dressed with therapeutic oils and here mayana thylam is chosen for pattikattuthal in rheumatoid arthritis as per therayar thyla varka churukkam. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of mayana thylam pattikattuthal (Bandage) in Rheumatoid arthritis (Uthiravatha suronithan)It was an observational study, case series conducted on 15 patients of Rheumatoid arthritis for the period of 21 days. Clinical features were documented before and after treatment. Statistical analyses were carried out paired t-test and McNemar test in SPSS software. Thus it provides the complimentary management in improving the quality of life further RCTs can be done to evaluate its efficacy in other type of arthritis.