GOUT- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Yoga & Pranayama

GOUT - Ayurvedic Treatment

Gout or gouty arthritis is the common form of arthritis characterized by severe pain, swelling, redness, and tenderness in joints.

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF GOUT
  • CAUSES OF GOUT
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF GOUT
  • DIAGNOSIS OF GOUT
  • TREATMENTS FOR GOUT
  • PROGNOSIS OF GOUT
  • COMPLICATIONS OF GOUT
  • GOUT AND AYURVEDA
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF GOUT
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF GOUT
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF GOUT
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF GOUT
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF GOUT
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR GOUT
  • AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR GOUT
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR GOUT
  • AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR GOUT
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR GOUT
  • HOME REMEDIES FOR GOUT
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR GOUT
  • YOGA FOR GOUT
  • RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF GOUT

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF GOUT

  • Sudden severe pain.
  • Pain manifested in almost all joints.
  • It is commonly experienced in the base of the big toe.
  • Il dolore si aggrava durante i movimenti del corpo.
  • Gonfiore
  • Arrossamento

CAUSES OF GOUT

  • Accumulation of uric acid crystals
  • Certain medications
  • Family history
  • Metabolic diseases like diabetes
  • Kidney diseases
  • Dieta

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF GOUT

Hyperuricemia (typically defined as serum urate concentration >6.8 mg/dL) is a common and necessary pathogenic factor in the development of gout. The accumulation of urate crystals in the joints causes inflammation. 

DIAGNOSIS OF GOUT

  1. ESAMI
  • Inspection – swelling, redness
  • Palpation – temperature, tenderness
  • Movimenti
  1. INDAGINI
  • Raggi X
  • RISONANZA MAGNETICA
  • Scansione TC
  • Laboratory tests – to find out the underlying pathology, the uric acid value in blood

TREATMENTS FOR GOUT

  • Medications – Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, Analgesics
  • Treatment of underlying pathology
  • Fisioterapia
  • Uric acid-reducing agents

PROGNOSIS OF GOUT

  • Prognosis is based on the stage of the disease, duration and condition of the patient

COMPLICATIONS OF GOUT

  • Stiffened joint
  • Permanent damage of joint
  • Impossibile fare qualsiasi movimento

GOUT AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda, gout falls under Vata vyadhi or a Vata dosha imbalance disorder. Particularly the symptoms are related to ‘vataraktha’.
  • Vata vyadhi can be correlated to neurological or neuromuscular disorders. The causes and pathogenesis of diseases caused by vitiation of Vata dosha, in general, are the exclusive cause and pathogenesis of pain, numbness, weakness.
  • Sono coinvolti Vata dosha e asthi dhatu.

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF GOUT

  • Eccesso di consumo di cibi freddi e poco sostanziosi
  • Esercizio fisico eccessivo.
  • Soppressione degli impulsi naturali.
  • Trauma
  • Lesioni
  • Asthi dhatu kashaya – degeneration of bone tissue

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF GOUT

  • Sudden sharp pain in the joints

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF GOUT

  • I dosha vata, pitta e kapha si muovono attraverso tutti i canali di circolazione. A causa della natura sottile di vata, esso spinge gli altri due dosha.
  • Il vata aggravato, avendo provocato questi due dosha, si esacerba e riempie i canali vuoti e si muove notevolmente al loro interno o facendosi avvolgere dagli altri dosha.
  • The aggravated vata resides in the joints and produces different kinds of aches and pains.

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF GOUT

  • Toda - dolore doloroso
  • Ruk – Pain on the joints
  • Redness on joints
  • Il dolore si aggrava al movimento
  • Sopha – edema
  • Sada - debolezza

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF GOUT

  • Pain associated with traumatic injuries is difficult to cure – krichra sadhya

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR GOUT

Ayurvedic local treatment for gout

  • Svedam - Fermentazione
  • Applicazione di lepa antidolorifica
  • Abhyanga - massaggio con olio

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR GOUT

 AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR GOUT

  • VASTHI- Erandamooladi yapana vasthi , madhuyashtyadi taila vasthi
  • SNEHAVIRECHANAM-Eranda tailam
  • NASYA-Ksheerabala

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR GOUT

Somministrazione Interna

External Application

HOME REMEDIES FOR GOUT

  • Riposo adeguato
  • Applicazione di calore sulla zona interessata mediante un asciugamano bagnato con acqua calda
  • Massaggiare la zona dolorosa per 15 minuti (senza esercitare troppa pressione).
  • Bere molti liquidi
  • Bagno in acqua calda
  • Massaggio del corpo

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR GOUT

  • Evitare gli alimenti che producono uno squilibrio vata dosha, come i cibi freddi e secchi, difficili da digerire. Perché lo squilibrio vata aggrava i sintomi.
  • Consumare alimenti facilmente digeribili, latte vaccino
  • Evitare esercizi pesanti che aggravano ulteriormente le condizioni.
  • Oil massage on the whole body is advised. This alleviates Vata dosha.
  • Riposare adeguatamente.

YOGA FOR GOUT

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam - calma la mente e dà sollievo ai dolori.

Il paziente deve essere seduto in posizione meditativa con la testa e la colonna vertebrale erette e il corpo rilassato. Il paziente deve chiudere una narice (ad esempio la sinistra se si usa la mano destra e viceversa) con il pollice ed espirare completamente attraverso l'altra narice. Di nuovo, dovrà inspirare profondamente attraverso l'altra narice mentre la narice opposta è ancora chiusa con il pollice.

  • Savasana - rilassa il corpo e la mente
  • Dhanurasana
  • Ardhamatsyendrasana
  • Salabhasana

 

RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF GOUT

1.     Efficacy of Ayurvedic drugs in the management of gouty arthritis -A case study

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338234052_Efficacy_of_Ayurvedic_drugs_in_the_management_of_gouty_arthritis_-A_case_study

2.     Ayurvedic management of vatarakta w.s.r.to gout- a case study

https://www.ayurlog.com/index.php/ayurlog/article/view/697