CHIKUNGUNYA

Chikungunya, also commonly known as "Chicken Guinea" (a misnomer), is a viral disease caused ue to the bite of a mosquito, the aedes aegypti  mosquito to be more precise and the aedes albopictus that is more commonly known as the "tiger mosquito". The disease orginiated in 1952 in Tanzania. Chikungunya means "to turn upwards" which refers to the joints that start bending upwards and are very painful which is a characteristic of this disease. Along with this symptom, fever is also common. Therefore it is likened to a disease called "Sandhijvara" that has been mentioned in the ancient classic texts. It consists of two words, Sandhi & Jvara. Sandhi meaning joints and jvara meaning fever. As of now, the region that is afflicted the most in the world today is the south of India.

CAUSES

The cause is vector bourne by a bite from aedes aegypti or aedes albopictus (tiger mosquito). Stagnant water is where they thrive and lay their eggs. Regions afflicted with floods and that have more water stagnation are most susseptible.

SYMPTOMS

The symptoms start with;

Fever with high temperature (Jvara)

Body pains/aches (Angamarda)

Profuse rashes

Conjuntivitis

Pain and swelling in joints

Ulcers in the mouth etc

TREATMENT

The only systems of medicine that have found a cure for Chikungunya are Ayurveda and Homeopathy. Modern medicine (allopathy) administers only pain killers to relieve the patient of the pain. There is no vaccination against this disease. This is why many people are turning towards Ayurveda since it offers the only effective cure.

Ayurvedic medicines used to combat the disease  most commonly are:

Sudarshana churna,

Dhanvantaram gutika,

Mahasudarshana churna,

Yograja guggulu,

Panchatikta Kashayam,

Amruta Arishta,

Chewing of holy basil and carrots that help alleviate the fever etc, etc.

These are some of the medicines that are used to allaeviate the symptoms in the patient.

Homeopathic medicines used to combat the disease most commonly are: 

Eupatorium-perf,

Pyroginum,

Arnica,

Belladonna,

Cedron.

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