ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM:

Cause: Toxic secretions stored in the joints, umbilical region, and in places with phlegm. After child-birth women often have diarrhea and then get articular rheumatism. Insect bites may affect the blood and  is bring on this rheumatism. Ordinary rheumatism caused by excessive air; it is dry, and there is no inflammation. In articular rheumatism there is inflammation and swelling.

Symptoms : Bad taste, longing for massage on painful parts, thirst, fever, indigestion, diarrhea, and dropsy. In severe cases the heads, feet, head, buttocks, knees, thighs, and joints become swollen and painful.

Treatment: Keep the bowels clear. Use Kosthasuddhi Batika, Singhanad Guggulu, or Brihat Singhanad Guggulu, when there is constipation. Specific medicines for the disease are Brihat Bat Gajankus, Maha Rasun Pinda, Saribadi Salsa, and Saribadi Bati. If there is diarrhoea, give Nripatiballav with ground ptychotis ajowan and honey. Where there is indigestion, give Mahasankha Bati or Agnikumar Ras with hot water after each meal. Brihat Saindhabadi Taila should be rubbed on the affected parts, after which fomentation with hot salt bag or with sheep hair is required. If the articular rheumatism has been caused by gonorrhea, there will be fever and pain in all the joints. Where constipation is present in this condition, give Jogaraj Guggulu or Singbanad Guggulu. Where there is high temperature, give Saibajwar Bati or Mrityunjoy Ras with ginger extract and honey. In slight fever use Bat Gajakesari or Bat Nisudan Ras with honey and castor oil root juice. If pain and temperature lessen by these means, give Makaradhawja Bati and Brihat Aswagandha Ghrita. The patient with gonorrhoea should be given Saribadi Salsa in place of the Ghritas. Maha Rasunpinda is good for articular rheumatism except where there is gonorrhoea. Where the articular rheumatism is due to bites, use regularly Saribadi Salsa and Manikya Ras, and Jogaraj Guggulu or Singhanad Guggulu. Along with the Saribadi Salsa, you may give 1.875 grains of Makaradhwaja to obtain super results. If the inflammation is thus cured, prescribe Anantadya Ghrita and Brihat Bat Gajankus with Saribadi Salsa and Saribadi Bati. These last two are most helpful in all rheumatisms and blood poisonings.