Volume : 6, Issue : 12, December - 2017

EFFICACY OF PANCHGAVYA GHRITA IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS

Dr. Rupali R. Patil

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">The word arthritis means inflammation of the joint. Inflammation is a medical term describing pain, stiffness, redness and swelling. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Psoriasis is a common condition characterized by scaly red and white skin patches. Psoriatic arthritis is a form of arthritis (joint inflammation) that can occur in people who have the skin disease psoriasis.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 10 to 20 percent of people with psoriasis eventually develop psoriatic arthritis. Male and females</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);"> are equally predisposed &amp; all age groups are affected. Psychological stress is emphasized as one of the major triggering factor in the exacerbation of the disease. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Modern medical science will neither provides adequate pain relief nor deceleration in disease process, but are associated with serious side effects like liver and kidney failure, bone marrow depletion, etc.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);"> Hence it is the need of time to find out safe and effective medicine for Psoriasis and here comes the role of <i>Ayurveda</i>. Thus in present study,</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> emphasis has been made to study efficacy of </span><i style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Panchagavya ghrita</i><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"> in Psoriatic Arthritis and different treatment modalities according to </span><i style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Ayurveda.</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%;&#10;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>