5. TITLE OF THE TOPIC STUDY:
“A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY ON THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECT OF VAITARANA BASTI AND YOGARAJA GUGGULU IN AMAVATA
W. S. R. TO RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.”
6.BRIEF RESUME OF THE INTENDED WORK:
6.1. NEED FOR STUDY:
Amavata is a disease of vitiated vata associated with ama and it persists with multiple systemic involvements mostly affecting the bony joints. The disease starts with minor symptoms, but may develop and extend to all over the body wherever ama is going to get lodged along with vitiated vayu.As the disease progresses addistional symptoms with complications like kanja, pangulya etc may be seen1.
Rheumatoid arthritis presents with more similar features of Amavata vyadhi. It exhibits either as oligo or poly arthritis with symmetrical involvement along with inflammation, stiffness, tenderness etc. As the disease advances contracures are produced leading to deformity of affected joints like Swanneck deformity, Z deformity etc. It is also a troublesome long persisting disorder having articular as well as extra articular signs and symptoms, yielding socio economical problems and unable to have self care even. As per the data available 5% of the total population of the world is said to be affected with crippling disorder. It is estimated that females are affected three times that of the males usually manifests from 30-50 years of life2.
A number of treatments established so far, the disease it self being yapya may not respond satisfactorily. The patient has to inevitably suffer for a long time. Hence an effort has to be done to compare the effect of Vaitarana basti and Yogaraja guggulu which may be a promising step in the approach of Amavata vyadhi3.
6.2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE The disease Amavata considered to be existing long back.