Abstract

AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF ASRIGDARA – A CLINICAL STUDY

*Dr. Shivakumara Swamy P., Dr. Vijayalakshmi and Dr. M. Ramesh

ABSTRACT

A normal menstruation denotes a healthy state of female reproductive system. If the menstrual bleeding is abnormally excessive, prolonged and is associated with pain, it indicates some underlying pathology. The severity of pathology may vary from simple hormonal imbalance to dreaded genital malignancy. The abnormal menstrual cycle not only disturbs the general health, it also disturbs routine work schedule of the woman and her entire family. In addition to this it also causes financial burden. The word “Asrigdara”[1,2,3] explains about prolonged and excessive bleeding. DUB is defined as a state of abnormal per vaginal bleeding without any clinically detectable organic pelvic pathology like tumour, inflammation or pregnancy.[6] 30% of the women population suffer’s from Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding[7] (DUB) among which 10% women are in their reproductive age.[8] The medical& surgical management of DUB in contemporary science fails to give satisfactory result and agonises the patient with ill effects or adverse effects of treatment. Hence an effective management is the need of hour. Several formulations are mentioned in classical Ayurvedic text books for the management of Asrigdara. In the light of above, it may be worthwhile to explore the potential of Pradararipu rasa[4] in the management of Asrigdara.

Keywords: Asrigdara, DUB, tumour, inflammation, pregnancy.