A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF VAMANA KARMA ON SERUM ELECTROLYTES IN AMAVATA W.S.R RHEUEMATOID ARTHRITIS

Panchakarma therapy is the ideal line of treatment to maintain the state of health for a longer duration. It aims at the elimination of excessive Doshas from the body. Vamana karma is one of the Panchakarma procedure where in vomiting is induced by drugs and aims at the elimination of excessive Kapha and Pitta dosha from the body. Amavata is a Vyadhi where Kapha and Vata are predominantly involved. Its Udhbava Sthana is Amashaya and Vyaktha Sthana is Sandhi. Vamana is considered as best treatment for Kapha and its associated conditions. In Amavata mainly Kapha Sthana like Sandhi is affected. Langhana is considered as the prime line of treatment for Amavata. Vamana is considered under shodhana variety of Langhana. Normally, after Vamana patient does not complain of having any untowards like those patients after vomiting due to dehydration. This study was conduct- ed to evaluate the effect of vamana karma on serum electrolyte levels and access the safety of therapeutic vomiting.In this study, 20 patients diagnosed with Amavata were selected and subjected for Vamana karma. This study in- volves estimation of serum electrolyte levels before and after Vamana. The results are suggestive of safe applica- tion of the Vamana karma.Keywords: Amavata, Serum electrolytes, Vamana karma.