Because there is much aama goes into arthritic joints, any dosha accumulation in the digestive tract always tends to arrival to the joints and aggravate the condition again. Health can now return to the joint only if aama is treated. Effective management of arthritis in fact involves immediate elimination of these doshas during exacerbation, and steady elimination of deep aama during remission.

SELF-HELP GUIDELINES & AYURVEDIC REMEDIES

The basic philosophy of therapy for rheumatoid arthritis is as follows:

•Food taken during an exacerbation should be light, little and liquid. Weak ginger tea taken with the lemon and honey, if be necessary, is best when your tongue is sturdily coated. Then take rice, gruel, and green gram soup. Continue just it for at least a week before going back to your normal diet.

•The intake of bitter and pungent substances badically controls vaata and relieves aama. •Guggulu is best useful during remission to remove old, adherent aama from the dhaatus (basic body structures which perform some specific actions). The best varieties present here are yogaraaja guggulu and mahaayogaraaja guggulu. Both these contain more than two dozen pungent herbs for improving digestion, but mahaayogaraaja guggulu also has minerals in it for a superior rejuvenating effect.

•Simple yoga postures and some breathing exercises promotes elimination of aama. As your health goes improve, supplement the yoga with energetic exercise. A regular exercise programme is specially important for overweight patients since weighty limbs put extra strain on muscles and joints.

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY HERBS

The Ayurvedic-Materia-Medica lists a broad range of anti-inflammatory drugs that can reduce the pain and swelling in the case of different arthritic conditions. The treatises like Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita, Bhaava Prakaasa etc, all described these drugs. A well number of scientific inquiries have been made for evaluating these anti-inflammatory activity of these medicinal plants by several researchers.

•Ginger: The Department of Environmental Medicine, Odenes University, Denmark (1989) accomplishs clinical studies on patients suffering from the arthritis by giving dry ginger powder and fresh ginger in appropriate quantity. Better movement of joints was observed pragmatically in these studies. Recent studies have shown now that ginger is capable of preventing the synthesis of prostaglandins which are in charge for inflammation •Licorice root: Licorice is most popular today as it was 3,000 years ago and ~ freely available and even at the grocery shops. Chew a piece of licorice or try its extract, which is in fact even more effective. Its decoction taken after meals, aids to digestion and acts as an antidote for peptic ulcers, gastritis and gouty arthritis.

•Asafoetida: If 2 gm of hing or asafoetida is dissolved in one tablespoonful of coconut oil and then applied as an analgesic balm, it then gives immediate relief from inflammatory conditions. In addition, to the paste of hing mixed with limejuice can be applied over wasp, bee and scorpion stings.

•Turmeric: A volatile oil be isolated from the fresh rhizomes of turmeric was found to possess marked anti-inflammatory activity. So just take a pinch of turmeric a day to keep degenerating diseases away. Externally you can then even apply a poultice prepared by mixing turmeric powder with just a little slaked lime and the white of an egg and give a soft mild fomentation for relief of pain caused by sprains, myalgia, dislocation of joints, boils, cuts, wounds etc.

•Garlic: Recent studies recognized the anti-arthritic nature of garlic. Daily doses can build up your immune system; to rid you of pain, and even clear- up your arthritic conditions.

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