Study of Some Herbal Formulations Available for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment in Indian Market

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis is an immune mediated inflammatory disease (IMID) of the joints, characterized by destruction of bones and joints. Genetic, hormonal, environmental and nutritional, and socio-economic, age and sex, ethnicity, smoking, infections are some risk factors of rheumatoid arthritis. The treatments which are available including steroidal and non-steroidal allopathic therapies cannot cure or prevent the disease and having severe side effects. These treatments can only provide temporary relief by suppressing and reducing the pain in the joints. Traditional medicines are prevalent in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis due to severe side effect of allopathic medicines in many countries. Many native medicinal plant of India have effective properties on rheumatoid arthritis. In this review, marketed herbal products available in Indian market are studied. In this study, a search was done to compile marketed herbal formulation and we complied ten herbal products which are sold in Indian market by companies like Himalaya, Dabur, Patanjali, Charak etc for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.