A Clinical Case Study on Janu Sandhivata (Knee Arthritis) to evaluate the effect of Combined Panchakarma procedure and Internal Traditional Ayurvedic Formulations

Abstract

Being commonest form of articular disorders Janu Sandhivata (Knee Arthritis) causes a huge hindrance in day to day activities of the sufferer like walking, dressing, bathing etc. It is the disease of old age. It’s mainly effect the weight bearing joint of the body specially knee, hip, lumber spine. As per the Ayurvedic classical references Shula, Sotha, Vata- Poornadriti Sparsha and difficulty in flexion and extension of the Sandhi are the symptoms. There are lots of treatment available in contemporary fields includes NSAID Administration, Intra articular Steroids or eventually surgical intervention in the form of Knee replacement. With this regard there is a need of safe effective and affordable treatment options. In present case study it is tried to explode the Panchakarma procedure like Abhangya, Patra Pinda Shedana therapy, Kashaya Vasti along with few traditional Ayurvedic formulations particularly for Bilateral Knee Osteoarthritis for 30 days duration of treatment it can be concluded that symptoms of severe Osteoarthritis may also be merged with Ayurvedic interventions significantly.