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Arthritis means inflammation of joints. This can either be a degenerative pathology or avrodhajanya (obstructive) pathology due to saam dosha, as in Aamavata or Vatarakta. The treatment varies in either case.
Degenerative types can be like Sandhigata vata, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, Cervical spondylitis, or a result of heavy work or past injury; on the contrary Avrodhatmak Vata vyadhi or Amavata (commonly called as Rheumatic arthritis), Gout, etc which according to Ayurveda has its roots due to excess leisure, or indigestion of foods due to wrong lifestyle which converts the food into toxins referred as ‘Aama’.
