Arthritis

Arthritis is a very common destructive disease. It is an autoimmune disease. Mainly arthritis is dividing into 2 main types Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis affects many big joints and it is a gradual change. It is caused because of the degenerative change in the joints. The Sino vial fluid get degenerated and easy movement of the joints are affected.

Then it causes inflammation and swelling. In the case of rheumatoid arthritis inflammation comes first. It can be associated with fever. It has a sudden onset. It affects almost all the joints. In this blood is also affected. It is very difficult disease to get cured. If not treated properly it can lead to deformity of the joints and the patient becomes crippled. Sinuvitis, Gout, Calcaneal spur etc are other types. Rheumatic fever is different one; it weakens the joint and affects the heart. It is affected by bacterial infection (Streptococcus).

The Causes:

Excessive intake of salty, sour, pungent, oily, hot, cold and heavy food stuffs, meat and fish, curd, vinegar, alcoholic beverages, anger, stress, less sleep in the night time and sleeping in the day time, obesity, lack of exercises, sedentary life style, excessive traveling. These causes vitiation of doshas which in turn vitiates the raktha and block the vital channels. The doshas goes to the dependent parts of the body and joints to cause symptoms there.

Treatment: Ayurvedic Way

Rejuvenation and anti inflammatory is the method of treatment. Mainly gulgulu preparations are effective for this. Ayurvedic herbal preparation is there in different forms as Kwaths, Arishtas, Asavas, Choornas and tablets. These Ayurvedic herbal preparations show the benefit slowly with out any side effects. There are so many metallic preparations especially with gold because of the side effects we won’t prescribe it.