HOW AYURVEDA IS BETTER IN MANAGING GOUT?

What is Gout?

Gout is the form of arthritis which is very painful. It leads to inflammation of the joints causing pain in one or more joints typically affecting the big toe but progressively affects the knee, ankle, wrist, hand, elbow etc. the pathology behind gout is disturbance in uric acid metabolism in the blood. That’s why it is also known as hyperuricemia.

In gout the uric crystals (monosodium urate) gets deposited in the articular catilage of the tendons, joints and surrounding tissues due to rise of uric acid level in the blood. Deposition of uric acid crystals thus provokes inflammatory reaction giving symptoms like excrutiating, sudden, burning pain, swelling, stiffness, warmness etc. The pain is of two types one directly in the area where crystals are deposited and the surrounding area of inflammation. Even the slightest touch causes severe pain. Prolonged deposition of uric acid crystals are known as tophi.

What Ayurveda Says About Gout?

Hyperuricemic condition in Ayurveda is known as “VATARAKTA”. It is very much clear by the name, there is vitiation of  Vata dosha  and Rakta Dhatu. When a person takes excessive food and lifestyle that aggravates vata dosha and rakta dhatu. Vitiated rakta dhatu blocks the passage of vata dosha and interferes in the movement of vata.. This  vitiated  vata dosha  further contaminates the rakta or blood. This vitiated rakta by vata dosha travels throughout the bodycausing inflammation (sotha), swelling, pain, redness etc. This amalgam of vitiated Vata and Rakta is called vata rakta.

What causes Gout?

• According to Ayurveda the excessive intake of food that contains salts, alkaline, sour, pungent, fat, leguminous vegetables, curd, horse gram etc leads to Gout
• Sleeping during day time vitiates Rakta dhatu.
• Intake of excessive proteins in the diet like red meat, milk, egg etc
• Renal failure
• Excessive alcohol intake
• Hyperthyroidism
• Sedentary lifestyle
• Medications like asprin, pyrazinamide
• Anger

How a patient with presents?

• Intense joint pain- It started from the big toe and slowly progresses to the whole body joint
• Lingering discomfort that lasts for few days to few weeks
• Joints are inflamed, tender, red
• Burning or warmth like fire
• Stiffness of the joints
• Heaviness and numbness over the joints

Keynote:

• Some people may experience the attacks more frequent while others experience episodic attacks. Episodes make gout a chronic disease.
• certain thing should be avoided like red meat, organ meat, seafood, alcohol

  Who are at Risk?

• Overweight or obese
• Family history of gout
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Congestive heart failure
• Diabetes
• Renal failure
• High protein diet
• Excessive diuretics
• Severe alcoholism

Types :

 According Modern medicine:

• Accute
• Chronic

According to Ayurveda:

• Uttana (in superficial tissues)
• Gambhir (deep seated)

Managing Gout with modern medicine along with their side effects:

• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like Naproxen, Indomethacin. Prolonged use of NSAIDs causes serious side effects like indigestion, stomach ulcers, heart disease etc

• Corticosteroids causing side effects like mood changes, increased blood pressure, hyperglycemia, fluid retention etc

• Colchicine such as Colcrys, Mitigare. Prolonged use of Colchine causes symptoms like burning sensation in skin,muscle weakness, numbness in fingers and toes, hives like swelling, black tarry stool, blood in urine and stool etc

• Xanthane oxidase inhibitors such as Allopurinols (lopurin,zyloprim) and Febuxostat. The prolonged use of these causes liver damage, renal failure, tinnitus, deafness, blurred vision etc.

• Surgeries like tophi removal surgery, joint fusion surgery, joint replacement surgery.

 How Ayurveda manages the condition of Gout Naturally?

Since gout is metabolic disorder, Ayurveda aims to regulate Metabolism to prevent the rising level of uric acid in the blood that causes damage to joints. Metabolism means enhancing Agni (Digestive power) along with increasing immunity in the body. Panchkarma therapies like Baluka Sweda (sand fermentation therapy), anuvasan vasti (oil enema), vaitrana vasi etc are also very effective in gout since it provides best detoxifications.

Some Ayurveda herbs for Gout:

• Giloy
• Ginger
• Neem
• Punarnava
• Dashmool khashaya
• Guggul

Yoga and pranayama:

• Surya namshkara (sun salutations)
• Naukasana (boat pose)
• Halsana
• Sarvangasana
• Ushtrasana
• Nadi sodhana
• Kapalbhati

Managing gout with Chandigarh Ayurved Centre:

 1. Pain o kill oil is ayurvedic and purely herbal formulation. It help to relax your muscles and muscles cramps thus relieving pain. It balances all the three doshas of your body thus maintaining proper blood circulation. It provides soothing effect to the affected area of pain. It contains various herbs like Jivanti, Musta, Usher, Bilwa, Shatavri  and Kantakari. All these herbs are natural pain relievers.

Recommended Dosage – Take 2 teaspoonfuls twice daily before meal.

2. Easy Clean Tablet:

easy clean tablet  keeps the stomach clean and removes constipation. Ayurveda states that if the stomach is not clean, then in a way, it is responsible for many diseases. So according to that, stomach cleansing is a medicine that prevents a lot of diseases. With the use of easy clean, we also get relief from gas problems. If someone has problems with gas, then the head is usually heavier than that. So the use of stomach protection gives relief from gas problem.

Recommended Dosage – Take 2 tablet twice daily with normal water.

3. Nerve up tablet:

These tablets are pure ayurvedic formulation. Nerve up tablets help in balancing the vata and kapha dosha. It acts as a nervine stimulant. It shows effective results in improving the central nervous system. It contains natural ingredients like shudha kuchala, shudha shilajeet, abhrak bhasma, praval pishti, shankh bhasma etc. It is very beneficial to relieve the swelling, tenderness, inflammation of the joints. This also helps in the treatment of joint disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, gout, sciatica, etc.

Recommended Dosage – Take 1 tablet twice daily.

4. Pain-O-kill Tablets:

As the name suggests these tablets will kill the pain naturally. The herbs present in the formation of these tablets are Ashwagandha, Hadjod, Punarnava, Nirgundi, Methi, Garlic, etc. These herbs in combination show antioxidant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, immuno-modulator properties. The regular use of these tablets reduce body pain and acts on its root cause.

Recommended Dosage: Take 1 tablet twice daily with normal water.

5. Uric care tablets:

Uric care tablets reduces Kapha doshas impacting high URIC ACID levels of the body and acts as a potent diuretic. It helps reduce the pain while passing urine and clear the obstruction of urine. It is also used to treat cough, oedema, asthma and various kidney problems. It contains ingredients like gokhru, imali kshar, yavakshar, kalmi shora, nausadar, swarna gairik etc. This formulation possesses hypotensive, antimicrobial, aphrodisiac and diuretic properties.

Recommended Dosage – Take 1 tablet twice daily.