Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the joints. RA is considered as an autoimmune disease. It causes pain and disability and results in increased deformity of joints. Rheumatoid arthritis is characterized by a persistent synovial inflammation that leads to joint destruction. The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis is not fully understood, but it is believed that genetic and environmental factors are involved.
Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis -
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease in which the body's own immune system attacks its own joints.
The result is inflammation, swelling, and pain in the joints, especially the hands, wrists, knees, and feet. Although the cause of rheumatoid arthritis is not known, researchers have found that it tends to run in families. This suggests that genes or environmental factors may play a role in triggering the disease.
According to Ayurveda Rheumatoid arthritis is considered an Aamavata. Aamavata is a type of Vata. It is said that Vata has 3 doshas: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. If you suffer from RA, then it is more likely that you have Vata dosha. The cause for this is the imbalance in your digestive system. It is important to note that Vata dosha is responsible for digestion. Hence if there is a disturbance in digestion, Vata dosha will be disturbed.
Decreased Jatharagni digest food partially and such a partially or half-digested food in the colon is called as Aama (toxin). This aama with vitiated Vata gets into joints and causes inflammation, redness, pain, etc.
Ayurvedic Treatment of Aamavata (RA)
Ayurvedic Treatment of Rheumatoid arthritis is very effective and without any side effects. Ayurvedic Treatment of Rheumatoid arthritis consists aamapachana, jatharagni vardhak, and vata nashak medicines. Medicines vary according to condition, the body type of patients, age etc.
Allopathy medicines focus mainly on suppressing immunity here but Ayurveda treatment mainly try to modify immunity with its broad range of Immuno-modulator medicines.
Ayurvedic medicines include Rasna, nirgundi, Guduchi, Shunthi, Devadaru, erand roots, amalaki etc.
Panchakarma treatments like basti, kati basti, Virechan, Pottali sweda are also very helpful to treat Aamavata.
Diet for Aamavata (RA)
For those living with RA the recommended diet is similar to that of the Ayurvedic condition amavata. It's an autoimmune condition that attacks the joints.
For amavata, ayurveda recommends a diet that pacifies Vata, or balances it as well as a diet which can improve Digestive fire i. e.
For example, Recommended Ayurvedic Diet for Aamavata includes:
grains: easy to digest grains like jowar, ragi, cooked oats, rice, and
legumes: mung daal, lentils, dal, mung beans,
lukewarm water to drink for the whole day, or water boiled with ginger and cumin seeds, which helps with digestion and remove toxins
green, leafy vegetables
Appropriate use of spices like ginger, turmeric, and garlic, which are anti-inflammatory and help to improve digestion
fresh buttermilk which is not sour in taste
wild animal meat
aged wine in moderate amounts
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