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Amavata is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting primarily joints and peri-articular soft tissues. Its global prevalence is increasing rapidly in last decades. Treatment of Ᾱmavāta is challenge due to its autoimmune nature. In clinical settings, each patient of this disease is different from the other, with respect to etiology, pathogenesis as well as clinical condition. In ayurveda many approaches are in practice to treat it but it is important to analyse the Chikitsa Siddhant of Ᾱmavāta described by ancient scholars of Ayurveda. In this article, a review of the treatment principles of Amavata by different Acharyas is critically analyzed.

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Ᾱma Vāta, Deepan, Pachan, Langhana , Swedana, Chikitsā, Rheumatoid arthritis , Ᾱma