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, medicinal
plants of Indian ethno botanical resources on RA were reported. In this review study, a search
was done for articles by the keywords rheumatoid arthritis, medicinal plants “antiinflammatory”, “plant”, “herb”, and “herbal medicine”. A search on the databases, such as
PubMed, Research Gate, Science Direct, and Google Scholar, Scopus, and a number of other
databases was performed to collect authentic information. 27 herbs from different parts of
India are traditionally used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Medicinal herbs, such as
Hemidesmus indicus, Calotropis gigantean, Curcuma. longa, Costus speciosus, Oxalis
corniculata etc. are of the native medicinal plants of India, which are effective on the
treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
Keyword: Medicinal plants, Rheumatoid arthritis, India
Publication date: 01/08/2022
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