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REVIEW ARTICLE ON USES OF SHATAPUSHPA IN VARIOUS FORMS IN STRI ROGA AND PRASUTI TANTRA

*Dr Anjali Sharma and Professor (Dr.) Sujata kadam

Abstract

Background: Now a day females were facing the gynecological disorders due to excessive consumption of junk food, sedentary lifestyle, faulty dietary habits and also physical & mental stress because of work load. So that HPO axis gets impaired, in spite of advances in science, management of gynaecological disorders is still not satisfactory. As hormonal and surgical treatment is having various side effects. In Ayurvedic system of medicine, there are various herbs & formulations are described by Acharaya, which can improve & cure these gynecological problems of females. A classical drug named Shatpushpa described by Kashyapa in a separate chapter having properties like Ritupravartini, Yonisukra vishodhini, Putraprda, Viryakari etc so it is used in Anartava (amenorrhea), Viphala Artava (without fruit means no ovulation so can‟t conceive), Atyartava (menorrhagia), Alpaartava (hypomenorrhoea), Kashtartava (dysmenorrhoea), Rajonirvrutti (menopause), Yoni-shushkata (dryness of vagina), Vandhya & Shandhi (women not having child / can‟t conceive), Rudhira Gulma (useful in uterine fibroids) and yonishoola (pain in vagina).[1] Materials and methods: Selected Ayurveda classics, electronic databases, namely PubMed, Digital helpline for Ayurveda Research Articles and so on are searched to compile the evidence of use of shatapushpa in gynaecological disorders. Results: shatpushpa is used in the preparations of more than 56 Ayurvedic preparations, which include dashmoolarishta, kumaryasav, narayana taila, mahanarayan taila, phalghrita, sheetkalyanghrita and so on. Various research studies at present reveal many major chemical constituent present in this drug are useful as described by maharishi Kashyapa. Shatapushpa (Anethum sowa) is one of the important medicinal plant having many therapeutic uses. Acharya Kashyapa had described it as nectar for women having gynaecological disorders. Conclusion: shatapushpa can be used to cure many gynaecological disorders like artava kshaya, anartava, vandhyatav, kashtaartava, and so on. It can be used in form of nasya, pana, abhyanga and basti.[2]

Keywords: Shatpushpa, gynaecological disorder, Artava, Anethum sowa.