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ROLE OF KUTAKI CHURNA WITH MUNNAKA AND SITA IN ASRUGDARA W.S.R TO ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING (AUB): A CASE STUDY

*Dr. Preeti Garg and Dr. Sunita Jat

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Abstract

According to National Health Portal Of India, the prevalence of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB) is around 17.9% amongst women of menstruating age. Asrugdara is the most familiar gynecological problem in stree roga and prasuti tantra OPDs nowadays. In Ayurveda, it described as a separate disease as well as symptoms of various yoni-vyapad (pittaja yonivyapad, rakta yoni, lohitakshara yonivyapad) and artavavyapad (kunapagandhi artava dushti). Achaya has mentioned that due to pradirana (excessive excretion) of asrk (menstrual blood), it is named as pradara means excessive flow of menstrual blood p/v with backache, pain in lower abdomen during menses. Asrugdara can be correlated with Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) in which abnormal uterine bleeding following anovulation occurs without any clinically detectable organic, systemic, and iatrogenic cause. In AUB, heavy menstrual bleeding occurs per vaginum, which causes discomfort in a woman’s physical, emotional, social, and maternal quality of life. Asrugdara is mainly caused by excessive intake of food, which aggravated vata and pitta dosha, like excessive salty, sour, hot, vidahi sukta etc. A 32 years old female patient came to PTSR OPD of National Institute Of Ayurveda, Jaipur, with chief complaints of excessive and prolonged bleeding per vaginum with foul smell since four years. She has also complained of blackish water discharge before the onset of menses per vaginum since 3-4 years. The patient was treated with kutaki churna with sita and munnaka (equal amount of these three) and other medications are reported and after that she got completely relief in complaints in eight months.

Keywords: Asrugdara, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, Kutaki, Munnaka, Sita.