Abstract

AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF PITTAJ MUTRAKRICHRA: A CASE STUDY.

*Dr. Sarika Gopalrao Galande and Dr. Anjali Aniruddha Deshpande

Abstract

The word Mutrakrichra comprises of two words, Mutra and Krichra, which means Krichra Pravrutti of Mutravahana. In the contemporary science, the disease with similar signs and symptoms are Lower urinary tract infection. The Nidana of Mutrakrichra causes change in the concentration of urine which enhances the growth of microbes in urinary tract. UTI is defined as the presence of significant bacteriuria (>10,000 colonies of single bacterial type per milliliter urine), along with one or more urinary symptoms such as hematuria, dysuria, increased frequency, urgency, or supra pubic pain. Pittaj Mutrakrichra symptoms like Peeta Mutrata, Sarakta Mutrata, Sadaha Mutrata, Saruja Mutrata, Muhurmuhu mutrata are correlated with UTI & for the diagnosis of UTI modern diagnostic tool has been used. The following case report is in relation to a single case study of Pittaj Mutrakrichra with Ayurvedic intervention of Amalaki churna with Guda given for 7days.

Keywords: Mutrakrichra, Dysuria, Urinary tract infection, Amalaki churna with Guda.