A case report on vatarakta

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In the present era various types of health issues are increasing day by day because of unhealthy food habits and sedentary lifestyles. In the second and third decades of life majority of people are suffering mainly from systemic disorders or different kinds of joint disorders. Vatarakta is one among the joint disorders. It is an illness where both vata and rakta are afflicted by distinct etiological factors 1 Various Panchakarma procedures and Ayurvedic drugs have been proved useful for this disease. Here is a case of vatarakta , which was treated 10 days with a combination of Panchakarma procedures and internal medications. The condition was treated with 8 days schedule of Tiktaksheera basthi 2 (enema with drugs having tikta rasa ) along with sarvanga udwartana 3(massaging with powder), parisheka (pouring liquid form of medicine), Avagaha 4 Upanaha 5 etc. Patient's condition wasassessed for symptoms of vatarakta and marked improvement in signs and symptoms were seen Keywords: Vatarakta, Tikta ksheera basthi, Udwarthana, Parisheka INTRODUCTION Vatarakta is considered as one of the important metabolic disorder. This is caused by the vitiation of vata and Rakta , due to different etiological factors. There are 2 types of vatarakta ie, uthana vatarakta (superficial type) and gambhira vatarakta 6 (deep type) Symptoms of uthana and gambhira vatarakta 7 Table 1: Showing symptoms of uthana and gambhira vataraktaUthana VataraktaGambhira Vatarakta  Kandu (pruritus) Daha (burning) Ruk (pain) Swayathu (oedema) Stambha (stiffness) Arthi (pain), syava INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (October, 2017) 5(10) A CASE REPORT ON VATARAKTA V Vinitha 1 , Kumar Pankaj 2 , Shailesh 3 , Nagar Mayur 4 1,2,3,4 Post-Graduate Scholar, Department of PG Studies in Panchakarma, SDM College ofAyurveda and Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India Email: vinithavijayakumar 89@gmail.com ABSTRACT In the present era various types of health issues are increasing day by day because of unhealthy food habits and sedentary lifestyles. In the second and third decades of life majority of people are suffering mainly from systemic disorders or different kinds of joint disorders. Vatarakta is one among the joint disorders. It is an illness where both vata and rakta are afflicted by distinct etiological factors 1 Various Panchakarma procedures and Ayurvedic drugs have been proved useful for this disease. Here is a case of vatarakta , which was treated 10 days with a combination of Panchakarma procedures and internal medications. The condition was treated with 8 days schedule of Tiktaksheera basthi 2 (enema with drugs having tikta rasa ) along with sarvanga udwartana 3(massaging with powder), parisheka (pouring liquid form of medicine), Avagaha 4 Upanaha 5 etc. Patient's condition wasassessed for symptoms of vatarakta and marked improvement in signs and symptoms were seen Keywords: Vatarakta, Tikta ksheera basthi, Udwarthana, Parisheka INTRODUCTION Vatarakta is considered as one of the important metabolic disorder. This is caused by the vitiation of vata and Rakta , due to different etiological factors. There are 2 types of vatarakta ie, uthana vatarakta (superficial type) and gambhira vatarakta 6 (deep type) Symptoms of uthana and gambhira vatarakta 7 Table 1: Showing symptoms of uthana and gambhira vataraktaUthana VataraktaGambhira Vatarakta  Kandu (pruritus) Daha (burning) Ruk (pain) Swayathu (oedema) Stambha (stiffness) Arthi (pain), syava INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (October, 2017) 5(10) A CASE REPORT ON VATARAKTA V Vinitha 1 , Kumar Pankaj 2 , Shailesh 3 , Nagar Mayur 4 1,2,3,4 Post-Graduate Scholar, Department of PG Studies in Panchakarma, SDM College ofAyurveda and Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India Email: vinithavijayakumar 89@gmail.com ABSTRACT In the present era various types of health issues are increasing day by day because of unhealthy food habits and sedentary lifestyles. In the second and third decades of life majority of people are suffering mainly from systemic disorders or different kinds of joint disorders. Vatarakta is one among the joint disorders. It is an illness where both vata and rakta are afflicted by distinct etiological factors 1 Various Panchakarma procedures and Ayurvedic drugs have been proved useful for this disease. Here is a case of vatarakta , which was treated 10 days with a combination of Panchakarma procedures and internal medications. The condition was treated with 8 days schedule of Tiktaksheera basthi 2 (enema with drugs having tikta rasa ) along with sarvanga udwartana 3(massaging with powder), parisheka (pouring liquid form of medicine), Avagaha 4 Upanaha 5 etc. Patient's condition wasassessed for symptoms of vatarakta and marked improvement in signs and symptoms were seen Keywords: Vatarakta, Tikta ksheera basthi, Udwarthana, Parisheka INTRODUCTION Vatarakta is considered as one of the important metabolic disorder