Abstract

MANAGEMENT OF POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN DISEASE THROUGH AYURVEDA: A REVIEW

Dr. Megha Bahuguna* and Dr. Shivam Vaidh

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Abstract

Polycystic ovarian disease is a endocrine and metabolic disorder, which is very common now-a-days. It is not merely a gynecological disease, but can be considered as lifestyle disorder. Hyperinsulinemia and hyperandrogenemia are the main factors responsible for problems related to menstruation, hirsutism, obesity and ovarian enlargement with multiple small cysts and increase in thickness of tunica layer resulting in anovulation. In Ayurveda, yoni vyapad and jatiharini are mentioned as a group of female diseases and the symptoms mentioned there have some similarities with PCOD but pushpaghni jatiharini described by Acharya Kashyap has got much resemblance with its main clinical features. Ayurveda has its prior objective of preventing the disease by following dincharya and ritucharya, by use of pathya aahar, vihar, aushadh and also by avoiding apathya aahar, vihar, prajnaparadha, mandagni, eating excessive sweet and kaphvardhak aahar and other etiological factors. Therefore kapha shaman, sroto shodhak aushadh- aahar and vihar can help to prevent / treat PCOD. This disorder involves pitta, kapha, medas with ambuvahasrotas and artavdhatu, which are primarily considered during treatment. This article deals with effect of hirak bhasma, tamra bhasma and abharak bhasma in the management of PCOD with reference to yonivyapad.

Keywords: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), PCOD, Yoni Vyapad, Hirsutism, Ritucharya, Dincharya, Infertility, Oligomenorrhoea, Hirak Bhasma, Tamra Bhasma, Abharak Bhasma.