Abstract

CRITICAL STUDY OF GARBHA-SHAYYA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO UTERUS

Rakhi Sharma, Ankur Dixit*, Suvarna Madhavrao Dhawale, Vd. Umesh, V.Tekawad

ABSTRACT

In the Context of Ayurved, Acharya Shusrut explains the Rachna Sharir (Anatomy) of human being and he described many structures in a specific manner of ‘Dristant’. Nirdarshanam is the term used, when the meaning of a word or sentence is supported by an example i.e. Drishtant. He explains the anatomy of garbha-shayya as dristant ‘Rohit-matasya mukham’. To understand the cause and management of infertility and many other female related disorders by the context of Ayurved which are idiopathic till toady. It is needed, first to understand the concept of Dristant, and anatomy of Garbha-shayya by experimental cadaveric study and other related structures according to Ayurved. Drishtant Rohit-matsya-mukham for Garbha-shayya (Uterus) is the reflected image for external as well as internal features of structures of mouth of Rohu Fish. The normal anatomy of Garbha-shayya is not as per Drishtant i.e. Rohit-matsya-mukham than it may be one of the cause for Infertility.

Keywords: Dristant, mouth of Rohu Fish, Garbha-shayya, Garbha-ashaya, Rohit-matsyamukham, Vandhya (infertility).