AN INDEGENOUS APPROACH TO MANAGE THE JANU SANDHIGATA VATA (OSTEOARTHRITIS OF KNEE JOINT)BY OSTEOCARE RASAYANA COMPOUND AND KNEE TRACTION

Janu sandhi gata vata is degenerative disease of the old age affecting both sexes with feminine predominance and weight bearing joints. Doshas have been described as samavayi karana of diseases in which vata has been suppose most powerful and causing maximum number Nanatmaja Rogas .Normal condition of vata may be supposed as sensory and motor controller including the various organs for their functions. This normalcy altered when men get old age or vata gets vitiated by its prakopa karanas, if gets accumulated in the Janu sandhi causes Janu sandhi gata vata. The complete remedy for this disease is still not available in modern medicine, by keeping in view a comparative clinical study was done on 30 patients , devided into 3 groups using combined formulations named as Osteocare rasayana compound orally with 10 patients (groupA) ,10 patients with only knee traction (groupB), 10 patients with Osteocare rasayana compound and knee traction(group C) and the kalka of shigru,Eranda and Nirgundi mixed with sarshapa taila has been applied to all patients it was found that Osteocare rasayana compound and knee traction showed effective results