Scleroderma is a rare auto-immune disease that affect skin, connective tissue and muscles. in this disease the skin gets thick, tight and fibrous as the body creates more connective tissue that causes tightness and pain in skin and joints and there are possibilities of scar formation in the nternal organs. In modern medical science, cortico-steroids and biologics (an immuno-suppressive drugs / injections) are recommended and is a palliative measure through out the life. This condition is treatable with ayurvedic methods and principles. It is observed that after a month or two a significant changes are seen in the tightness of skin and the pain in joints, bones and fingers, and in the following days, it improves further at a slow pace that the patient finds a ray of hope in their life.

Rheumatoid Arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting small and big joints. It's a progressive disabling Auto-immune condition that cause acute pain and inflammation in the synovial membrane of the joints. Steroids and immuno-suppressive medicines are the only option of treatment available with modern medical science. Ayurveda believes in eliminating any disease condition by alteration in the day-to-day lifestyle and food habits along with natural medications to completely remove the morbid condition from the body and zero down the disease through a systematic and customized treatment.

Osteoporosis is the loss in bone mass. The bones become more porus and brittle. As a result, bones become weak and may break from a fall or, in serious cases, from sneezing or minor bumps. This can affect both male and female but most likely in female after menopause or hysterectomy due to sudden decrease in estrogen, the hormone that protects from osteoporosis. Certain medications increase the rate of bone loss including some antiseizure medications, chemotherapy and glucocorticosteroids. Every woman who crosses 45 yrs of age having moderate to severe pain in long bones, hips, knees, spine should undergo a BMD test. If your report says that you are orthopenic, then its time to change your lifestyle and food habbits because you still have time to reverse it and escape from osteoporosis in future. No wonder pill can recover you out of this generalised deficit by just poping up calcium or vit-D suppliments. but a collective approach can defenitly heal you from within.

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skeletal system. Especially affecting the spine and Sacro-illiac joint. The early symptom starts with pain in either or both of the SI joint. Later the lower part of spine and /or the upper part of spine gets involved with pain and stiffness. Morning stiffness, mild feverishness are often complained by patients in the initial stage. Gradually it spreads to the other vertebral levels, intercostal joints on chest, resulting to limitted mobility with severe pain, postural abnormalities, buttock pain, hip pain, peripheral arthritis. This being an auto-immune disease and a systemic disease, any coexistence of other disorders involving other joints and systems cant be ruled out. Systemic inflammation is evident as the extra articular manifestations, like Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Acute Uvitis, Psoriasis, cardiovascular disease. In modern medicine the anti-inflammatory drugs, steroids and Biologics are being advised which may coverup the inflammation, pain but they suppress the immune function of the body as well. Patients with presenting complaints of pain in the sacro-iliac joint and stiffness in the spine are advised for tests like HLA B27, CRP to rule out AS. if they come up as positive, an effective treatment could be provided to arrest and reverse at an earier stage itself by observing the diet and lifestyle as practiced in ayurveda for the kind of disturbance in the bio-energies basically all the three dosha and dhatu like Asthi and Majja. The therapies and medications followed in ayurveda here are proven to be effective in reversing the disease. In the initial week, the anti-inflammatory medicines and steroids are withdrawn as the pain subsides and the flexibility in spine and joints improves to a good extent. Further, the posture and the general well being of the patient improves well. The systemic involvement also subsides and patient start leading a normal life without any support of pain killers.