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The prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in the adult Indian population using the revised ACR/EULAR criteria for the diagnosis of RA, has been found to be 0.75% projected to the whole population, this would give a total of about seven million patients in India. The prevalence of RA in India is quite similar to that reported from the developed countries. Rheumatoid Arthritis is known as Amavata in Ayurveda. This disease directly affects the quality of life of affected person. The word Amavata is a combination of two words, Ama and Vata. Ama is the apakwa ahar rasa produced in the body due to Mandagni (sluggish digestive fire). When all metabolic fires (Agni) become sluggish Ama is produced. It is Guru,Snigdha, Sthira, Sthula, and Pichhila.Ama is toxic and with the help of Vata it circulates in whole body and gets located in the Sandhis (joints), causing pain, stiffness and swelling over the joints. In Amavata, Agni (metabolic fire) plays an important role. A large number of formulations having nomenclature Amavatari Rasa are found spread across the Ayurvedic texts, But on comparing we found that most of them contain the ingredients of Amavatari Rasa as per Bhaishajya Ratnavali which has following ingredients, Parada (1 part), Gandhaka (2 part), Triphala (3 part), Chitrak (4 part), Guggulu (5 part), Eranda tail/Castor oil (Bhavana dravya).All these are having potential amapachak and agni deepan properties and hence can be used as best medicine for Amavata. Key words: Amavatari Rasa, Rheumatoid arthritis.