Published Paper Details:

Most common cause of knee joint pain is osteoarthritis specially in old age patients. It is a degenerative condition which cause the disability in old age people. Even though Osteoarthritis is considered as a non-inflammatory arthritis, increasing evidence has shown that inflammation tends to occur as agents such as cytokines and metalloproteinases are released into the joint. It is characterised by growth of osteophytes at the articular ends, which make movements limited and painful. Patients present with pain and stiffness in joints, worsened activity and relieved by rest. Nearest correlation of this disease is janugata sandhivata, in which there is a manifestation of vitiation in vata dosha along with anubandha of Kapha dosha. Agnikarma can be considered as the best line of management of this disease as it mitigates both vata and kapha dosha. This paper is an effort to show the usefulness of Agnikarma in osteoarthritis. For this, the paper includes a case study of 68-year-old female patient who came with complaints of pain in both knees with having difficulty in walking, standing, not able to climb stairs, felt stiffness in joint after sitting and standing for some time for 5 years. Patient had taken various treatment including allopathic, physiotherapy treatments but got only temporary relief. Agnikarma was planned for her management. And in 3 sittings of 7 days interval she had shown marked improvement in her symptoms.