An Ayurvedic Approach in Management of Vatarakta

Authors: Mishra P*, Sanwal S, Gupta H, Singh H, Mukeriya PK, and Anand N

DOI: 10.23880/jonam-16000382

Volume 7, Issue 1

Abstract

In present era Vatarakta is a common metabolic disorder which disturbs day-today life of the patients. It is a Santarpana- Janya Vyadhi, caused due to Avarana pathology. Compared with the other Vatavyadhi, Vata-rakta possesses a special place in the literature, due to its high prevalence (0.2 to 3.5 per 1000, with an overall prevalence of 2 to 26 per 1000) in the society, increased incidence as age advances, step-wise succession, and so on. It is correlated with gout in modern science due to similarities of symptoms between them. Incidence of Vatarakta is increasing Day by day. It is creating a lot of concern all over the world as it is causing serious complications with disabilities to human. Considering this fact, it was decided to do write an article on Vatarakta. All the material related to article has been collected from classical Ayurvedic texts and various published research article on Vatarakta. The purpose of this study was to investigate the understanding of Vatarakta with its treatment protocol and to compile the results of various Vatarakta-related studies.

Keywords: Vatarakta; Santarpana Janya Vyadhi; Avarana; Vatavyadhi

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