Abstract

VATARAKTA SAMPRAPTI (ETIOPATHOGENESIS): A CRITICAL REVIEW

*Dr. Nikhil Chandra, Dr. Vidya Hirlekar and Dr. Sreelakshmi

ABSTRACT

Various dietary habits and life style modalities plays an important role in the development of vatarakta vyadhi. When aggravated vata (one of the three basic humors of the body) combines with rakta and the subsequent margaavarana results in various symptomatologies of Vatarakta. The main target organ of the disease are the marma, asthi, sandhis i.e madhyama rogamarga. The disease in the initial stages may be limited to uttana(superficial) dhatus(tissues) i.e twak(skin), rakta (blood), mamsa(muscle tiisue) and over time progresses to gambheera(deeper) dhatus i.e asthi, majja. Vatarakta is not a single disease. When viewed under the lens of contemporary science it can inferred that vata rakta is a broad term that includes various autoimmune connective tissue disorders like SLE, Scleroderma, Rheumatoid arthritis to metabolic disorders like Gouty arthritis.

Keywords: Vatarakta, Avarana, Autoimmune disorders.