Abstract

A CONCEPTUAL STUDY ON AYURVEDIC VIEW OF ARTAVAKSHYA W.S.R. TO HYPOMENORRHEA

*Dr. Neha Yadav, Dr. Krutika Mishra, Dr. Rama Khatavkar

ABSTRACT

Woman is not only a creature; she is the creator. God gifted woman an unique quality, which is to give birth a new life through her. To fulfill above words, nature has delivered exclusive anatomical and physiological characteristics in the women, menstruation is one of them the most important physiology. The menstruation is the hormonal process a woman’s body goes through each month to prepare for a possible pregnancy. Regular menstrual cycle in the years between puberty and menopause (13 yrs to 50 yrs) are usually a sign that woman’s body is working normally. According to Ayurveda in normal menstrual cycle intermenstrual period is 1 month (chandramasa-28days) and bleeding days are 3 to 7 days without pain (according to different Acharyas). Irregular, scanty, painful periods are not normal, it is called abnormal uterine bleeding. In Ayurveda both are correlated with Artavakshaya, it is defined as Alpartava both in amount and duration with associated symptom of Yathochitakala Adarshnam andYonivedana. In modern treatment they only have hormonal preparations which have their own side effects upon woman’s normal physiology like weight gain, changes in blood pressure and subsequently on other systems also, it may reoccurrence and cause untreatable condition. So, In this study I had discussed ancient and modern view about artavakshya with their managment.

Keywords: 0rigin of Artava, Artavakshaya, Hypomenorrhea.