Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: September | Volume: 10 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 198-204
Systematic Review on Understanding and Management of Vatarakta (Gouty Arthritis)
Preeti Patel1, Santosh Kumar Bhatted2, Prasanth Dharmarajan3
1MD Scholar (1st year), Department of Panchakarma, All India Institute of Ayurveda, Delhi
2Associate Professor, All India Institute of Ayurveda, Delhi
3Assistant Professor, All India Institute of Ayurveda, Delhi
Corresponding Author: Preeti Patel
ABSTRACT
Background – Vatarakta (gouty arthritis)is a chronic disease in which derangement of metabolism occurs due to indulgence in unwholesome dietary habits and lifestyle. Vatarakta is caused by vitiated Vata and Rakta. Initially vitiated Vata obstructs the path of vitiated Rakta and then gets obstructed by Rakta itself. It can be correlated with Gouty Arthritis due to their similarity in the clinical presentation. Various Ayurveda researches shows the evidence of efficacy of different treatment protocol mentioned for Vatarakta such as Raktamokshan (blood-letting therapy), Virechana (purgation)and Basti Karma(therapeutic enema) besides the Shamana(pacification), Rasyana Dravyas along with external applications like Lepa, Upanah (poultice), Parishek, Abhyanga(oleation). AIM-The aim of the present study was to explore the understanding of Vatrakta with its treatment protocol and to compile the outcome of various researches related to Vatarakta.
Methods- Various Ayurvedic Samithas, database such as PubMed, Scopus, DHARA, Google Scholar and related research works were searched and reviewed for establishing the understanding to Vatarakta with its treatment protocol.
Results & Conclusion – After going through various research works on the management of Vatarakta it has been observed that Guduchi Siddha Yoga Basti, Siravyadha and Punarnava-Amrita-Guggulu showed highly significant improvement in the sign and symptoms of Vatarakta when adopted as a treatment protocol.The detailed observations of these studies are mentioned here.
Key words: Vatarakta, Gouty-Arthritis, Punarnava-Amrita-Guggulu, Guduchi Siddha Yoga Basti, Siravedhana.