This is painful metabolic disease characterized by recurrent attack of acute pain and swelling at first affecting only one joint, usually the metatarso-phalangeal joint of the big toe, later becoming polyarticular (Gradually other joints are involved and the patient experience difficulty in walking, taking and even moving)., inflammation and chalky deposits in the joints due to disturbance of the purine metabolism in the body.

In Ayurveda this is known as Vatarakta.

Symptoms

• Pain in toe.
• Swelling.
• Nausea,flatulence or vague abdominal pain.
• Fever,Sweating, loss of appetite, constipation and highly colored and scanty urine are the common symptoms.

Root Causes

• Impairment of digestion and metabolism because of the intake of mutually contradictory food articles and non-elimination of the metabolic waste products from the body are responsible for the causation of this disease.
• Hereditary Factors.
• Age,sex, and climate are the prime factors after forty years, rare in females and occurs commonly in temperate climates.
• Excessive intake of protein foods Deposit urates in tissues, and inflammatory reaction with synovial fluid.

Useful Herbs

• Lahsun (Garlic)
• Guggul (Commiphora mukul)
• Sallaki (Boswelia sarrata)

Ayurvedic Supplements

• Kaishore Guggulu              
• Kaishore Guggulu              
• Guduchyadi Taila                
•  Balarista