A clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of alambushadi ghan vati in the management of amavat w.s.r.to rheumatoid arthritis

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In the world of chronic illnesses, Ayurveda has taken the foremost place in managing the diseases which have crippled the lives of human beings. Amavata is one of them. From the modern point of view, the disease looks similar to rheumatoid arthritis in its clinical appearance. In the whole world, rheumatic diseases are the commonest causes of physical impairment in society. The lives of more than one million people are physically impaired by rheumatic disorders and a fifth of these are severely disabled. Due to its wide prevalence chronicity, morbidity, crippling nature and lack of effective drugs attract to look for suitable remedy of the disease Amavata . For the present study, Alambushadi Ghanvati has been used to evaluate its efficacy in which 15 clinically diagnosed patients were selected from the OPD and IPD of Jammu Institute of Ayurveda & Research, Hospital, Jammu. These patients were given a dose of 02 tablets 500 mg (each) 3 times a day with lukewarm water after meals for 30 days. The results thus obtained were statistically observed. Keywords: Ayurveda, Amavata, Alambushadi Ghanvati