Arthritis is a degenerative disease of the joints and a joint disorder featuring inflammation. This disease is common in elderly and obese people. Though, it is mainly the disease of mature age but nowadays it also affects the younger people. Arthritis is painful inflammation of joints affecting large weight bearing joints like knees, hips and also spine. The disease induces joint stiffness, pain, swelling and limitation of motion. Pain increases with motion and decreases with rest.
If analysed properly, many reasons will appear behind this disease depending on the form of arthritis. The reasons behind the disease include injury (leading to osteoarthritis), metabolic abnormalities (such as gout and pseudogout), hereditary factors, infections, and unclear reasons (such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus). This disease is common to the people whose body`s accumulation of morbid matter is of acidic nature. Due to the alkaline nature of bones, acidic morbid matter has a tendency to move towards the bones so that it could be neutralized by their alkalinity. In this process, it usually gets deposited in the joints and the symptoms of swelling and pain begin. In accordance with Yoga and Naturopathy, this disease may be the result of wrong eating, living and thinking habits.
The arthritic disease has a history that dates back to the ancient period. The mention of this disease has occupied pages in Atharva Veda and Charaka Samhitas. According to a great scientist philosopher of ancient time, the disease involves organs like liver, spleen, heart, lung, kidneys etc. According to his observation these pioneers were well conversant with the fact that blood circulating through circulatory channels served as a vehicle for the spread of toxic material in the entire body.
This disease has some symptoms that are hugely discussed since the antiquity. The symptoms that are considered as primary include contraction, stiffness of joints, aching pain in the bones and joints, garrulousness, hunch back, horripilation, spasticity of hands, back and head, limping and lameness, atrophy of the limbs and insomnia. The ancient scientists have mentioned some more symptoms of arthritis. In children the condition tends to develop suddenly, many joints being affected from the beginning the small joint soft the hands ad feet being as a rule affected first. Arthritis can be both of the infective variety as well as the chronic. In infective arthritis the patient feels ill and toxic with a swinging temperature and a furred tongue. Leucocytes are always evident, and a blood culture may confirm the presence of the septicemia.
Proper diagnosis of arthritis is needed for apposite treatment of this painful disease. If the symptoms of arthritis long for two weeks, it can lead to acute problem of arthritis. The diagnosis will be based on the pattern of symptoms, the distribution of the inflamed joints, and any blood and X-ray findings.
The ancient scientists and researchers have been offering treatment for arthritis in India. Several treatments which have been offered for this disease encompass Naturopathic treatment, Yogic therapy and Ayurveda. Naturopathic treatment includes Water Treatment, Dietary Supplementation and changes in diet, Injections, Herbal Medicines and Magnetic Therapy. In Naturopathy gentle massage is done with red oil to relieve pain, prevent recurrence and disability. This particular treatment implements well researched natural treatments such as diet, herbs, vitamins, and other holistic therapies that reduces the side effects of medications, reduce symptom severity and frequency. Treatments are different for the patients who are in the primary stage of arthritis and for the patients who suffer from acute cases of arthritis.
In arthritic treatment diet also plays a vital role. The practitioners of Naturopathy recommend a variety of supplements such as glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate, which are believed to rebuild the cartilage in joints. The diet intake should contain the recommended vitamins and on the other hand foods containing alkaloids should be avoided from diet as they interfere with joint repair and enhance inflammation.
Apart from dietary supplementation, the practitioners of Naturopathy treatment recommend injections of hyaluronic acid, prolozone, Traumeel, or Zeel into the affected joint. Many of these agents act to increase the amount of lubricating agent in the joint and decrease pain. The pain of arthritis can be relieved by Herbal Medicines suggested by the practitioners of Naturopathic treatment. The medicines that are recommended include natural anti-inflammatory such as alfalfa, black cohosh, burdock, chaparral, Devil`s claw, juniper, and Yucca.
A much delayed but an effective way of the treatment of arthritis even of many disease is Homeopathy. The Naturopaths recommend homeopathic remedies that include Bryonia, kali bichromicum, rhus toxicodendron, ruta graveolens, and ledum for treatment of arthritis.
Arthritis can be cured by the treatment of Yoga through practicing some Yogasanas.. Most of the exercises of Yogic Sukshma Vyayama are beneficial in this disease. Apart from the popular alternative processes the researchers of modern science have also discovered the ways to alleviate the difficulties faced by the patience till date
