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ARTHRITIS – A REMEDIAL APPROACH WITH COMPLIMENTARY AND ALTERNATE MEDICINE WITH A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NYCANTHUS ARBOR-TRISTIS LINN (NAT) - A REVIEW

Sujatha, M*,. Praveena, B*. and Shreyas, N

Arthritis is an auto immune disorder with swelling and tenderness in one or more joints. Allopathic medications are prescribed symptomatically to decrease the pain, which results in side effects like gastrointestinal bleeding, bone loss and poor nutritional status. Ayurveda provides complimentary and alternate treatment for Arthritis. Herbal medicines have gained popularity as potential therapeutic agents to prevent and treat various illness because of their high efficacy and least side effects. This review introduces drug derived from curative plants with proven anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-viral, anti-fibrotic properties to treat Arthritis. Use of herbal medicines regularly along with Ayurvedic procedures such as panchakarma, emesis, enema, detoxification methods help to decrease the arthritic problem and associated pain. Harsingar or Parijataha commonly known as Night flowering Jasmine of India, is a wonderful plant with enormous medicinal values can be used to treat arthritis. Every part of this plants such as leaves, bark, seeds are used as anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, anti-helminthic agents. This paper helps the researchers to explore more about the plant for the benefit of the affected society. Keywords: Arthritis, Anti-inflammatory, Analgesic, Harsingar or Parijata (Nycanthus arbor-tristis Linn.)