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Arthritis is a term often used to mean any disorder
that affects joints. Joint pain may happen due to many
reasons. So, first of all we must find out the reason
and then treat it. Some of the reasons includes: injury,
obesity, arthritis, viral fever, toxic food etc. Symptoms
generally include stiffness, redness, warmth, swelling,
and decreased range of motion of the affected joints.
Onset of arthritis can be gradual or sudden. Generally
when a person has “arthritis” it means that they have
one of these diseases, which include:
• Osteoarthritis: Osteoarthritis is a type of
joint disease that results from breakdown of
joint cartilage and underlying bone. The most
common symptoms are joint pain and stiffness.
Causes include previous joint injury, abnormal
joint or limb development deficiency of calcium
or vitamin and inherited factors. Risk is greater
in those who are overweight, have legs of a
different length and have jobs that result in
high levels of joint stress.
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• Rheumatoid Arthritis: Rheumatoid Arthritis
(RA) is a long-term inflammatory autoimmune
disorder that primarily affects joints. It typically
results in warm, swollen and painful joints. Pain
and stiffness often worsen following rest.
• Gout: Gout is caused due to elevated levels
of uric acid in the blood. This occurs due to a
combination of diet and genetic factors. At high
levels, uric acid crystallizes and the crystals
deposit in joints, tendons and surrounding
tissues, resulting in an attack of gout. Gout
occurs more commonly in those who eat a lot
of meat, drink a lot of beer or are overweight.
Diagnosis of gout may be confirmed by seeing
the crystals in joint fluid.
• Septic Arthritis: Septic arthritis, also known
as joint infection or infectious arthritis is
the invasion of a joint by an infectious agent
resulting in joint inflammation.
• Ankylosing A spondylitis: Ankylosing
spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis in which
there is long term inflammation of the joints of
the spine. Typically the joints where the spine
joins the pelvis are affected. Occasionally other
joints such as the shoulders or hips are involved.
Back pain is a characteristic symptom of AS.
• Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: JIA is an
autoimmune, non-infective, inflammatory
joint disease of more than 6 weeks duration in
children less than 16 years of age.
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TREATMENT
Yogic Kriya: Explore your range of motion. Get your
whole body moving. Practice Kunjal Kriya once in a
week; Baghi Kriya and Shankha Prakshalan once in a
month and ardha Shalkhprakshalana everyday.
Asana: Padmasana, Vajrasana, Siddhasana, Gomukhasana,
Gorakshasana, Simhasana, Pawanmuktasana,
Markatasana, Setubandhasana, Supta Tadasana,
Ardhmatsendrasana, Gomukhasana, Bhujangasana,
Dhanurasana, Savasana, Uttanpadasana etc.
Pranayama: Kapalbhati, Bhastrika, Anulom Vilom,
Agnisar, Bahiya, Suryabhedi, Ujjayee etc.
Bandha and Mudra: Vayu Mudra, Uddiyan Bandh and
Moola Bandha.
Meditation: Practice Yognidra and guided meditation
with auto suggestion of healing.
Diet Therapy:
• Take potasium dominated diet to dissolve and
extract the accumulated uric acid in the body
for 3 days. Potasium dominated diet includes:-
Cucumber, white gourd, water melon, cabbage
spinach juice and raw potato juice.
• Consume pineapple, amla, orange, grapes,
custard apple, lemon juice, wheat grass juice
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and coconut water etc.
• Soak 2-3 figs, 10-15 black raisins overnight and
eat in the morning.
• Take garlic, sprouted methi seeds and honey,
dates etc.
• Drink milk made of white sesame seeds or
peanut or soybean.
• Drink enough water. Drink ginger and basil
juice with lukewarm water.
• Keep weekly fast on juice.
• Avoid fried food, spicy food, fast food, fatty food,
maida products, white sugar, excessive salt and
wrong combination of food (Viparit Aahar) viz.
eating animal protein with vegetable protein or
salt with milk etc.
• Reduce salt, pulses and milk intake.
Naturopathy:
• Drink 250 ml water from green bottle processed
in sunlight*.
• Take mud packon on abdomen, enema.
• Hip bath, steam bath, sun bath, hot foot bath,
hot and cold fomentation.
• Take lemon juice massage and in case of
excessive swelling take ice cold water pack.
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• Take Steam bath after enema and massage.
• In the morning drink warm water + fresh lime
on empty stomach
• Have sun bath for 10 to 15 minutes (in the
morning preferably)
For Injury : If Injury is the cause of joint pain, rest and
do the following:
• For new injury: apply ice cold pack for 5-10
mins to get relief.
• For old injury: apply hot pad for 10 min - 20 min
to get relief.
• Take one glass of worm milk boiled with the a
tea spoon full of turmeric powder.
For Old Pain: A light massage of medicated Ayurveda
Herbal oil is very effective, especially after application
of heat (moderate and bearable with heat bags).
Massage makes the joint movements easier and
then patients can perform physical movements, so if
massage is followed by Asanas, it has been found to
be more useful.
Home remedies for Arthritis
• Drink boiled water with dry ginger once a day
• Massage the painful part / joint with Castor Oil
before taking bath.
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• Mix 2 spoons of Castor oil + 1 spoon Honey + ¼
cup warm water and drink before going to bed
(This remedy has been discussed in Ayurveda
and has wonderful results.)
Nonprescription Painkillers: Nonprescription
painkillers may ease pain but be aware that steady use
of anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen
can increase your risk of an ulcer.
• Water is charged fitting water in green colour
bottle and putting in sun rays for ones a day.
Bottle is placed in bad conductor (wooden base)
and with wooden cover.

Written by Yogaguru Dr Mohan Karki
Feel free to call on 9911316600  or 
write on theyogaguru.mohan@gmail.com