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A 36-year-old male patient presented with extreme pain, cold sensation, slight swelling, and blackish discolouration with crust over the tip of the right index finger for the past 3 months. The onset of the symptoms was in January 2021. He took allopathic medicines and got relief, but the condition relapsed after some time. The biomedical diagnosis was confirmed as Raynaud’s phenomenon based on the capillaroscopy of both hands. During this episode, in spite of taking allopathic medicines, he did not get relief and the symptoms worsened. He approached Dr Narayana Nambi in December 2022, for Ayurvedic management. The Ayurvedic diagnosis was Vatapitta pradhana raktanubandha uttana vataraktam.. The line of treatment followed was Shopha hara, vata-pitta hara, balya and varnya. In general the Vatarakta cikitsa sutra was followed. After 1 month of treatment, there was a reduction in symptoms like pain and discolouration. After 2 months, the patient got significant symptomatic relief. Raynaud condition score before treatment was 5 which became 1 after treatment. This case report explains the successful integrative approach in the management of Raynaud’s phenomenon, in a patient, who has been suffering from the condition past 3 months and was not responding to standard of care.