Personalised care has become an emerging concept in different field of biomedicine, which has already been established in field of Ayurveda from ages. By the concept of Purusham Purusham Veekshya (individualized or personalized medicine), it makes the researchers and physicians to analyse all the factors like Dosha, Dushya, Bala, Kala, Prakriti, Anala, Vaya, Satwa, Satmya, Ahara, Desha and then plan a personalised treatment protocol for every patient of a particular disease. In contrast to the treatment protocols which are being forcefully used especially in the postgraduate and PhD dissertations which is a kind of one-size-fits-all approach, an algorithm development will help in providing customised treatments fit for each individual. The treatment protocols for managing Rheumatoid Arthritis/Amavata are different to each patient when we consider the stage of the disease as well as the predominant Dosha involved. As Ayurveda emphasizes the selection of therapies in a more individualised approach with patients considering Roga Bala (strength of a disease) Rogi Bala (strength of a patient) Vyadhi Avastha (stages of disease), here is an attempt to propose an Ayurveda treatment algorithm for the management of Rheumatoid Arthritis by following the principles from Amavata Chikitsa.
Key words: Ayurveda, Algorithm, Amavata, Panchakarma, Rheumatoid Arthritis
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