Abstract

A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY OF GUDUCHIDANTYADI VATI & UDUCHIDANTYADI MALAHARA IN PRURITUS VULVAE

Dr. Ekta Dubey*, Dr. Reshma Devi and Dr. Jaya Srivastava

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Abstract

Nowadays pruritus vulvae is very common problem in opd. 10-20% women visiting gynae opd are suffering from this disease. In Ayurveda text such condition is described as Acharana yonivyapada where due to unhygienic condition along with vitiated vata & kapha doshas provide suitable environment for the krimis to develop causing yoni kandu. In classics local therapies in the form of yoni Dhawan, yoni pichu, yoni varti, yoni puran, yoni basti & yoni dhoopana is suggested for management of yoni kandu. acharaya Yogratnakar has suggested guduchi, triphala, danti kwath for yoni prakshalana As modification is the need of time so in order to increase the efficacy & for easy mode of administration malahara & vati form of this yoga is selected for the treatment. Methodology: This research work was a randomized comparative parallel open clinical study of 40 patients suffering from the symptoms of yoni kandu. Patients were randomly divided into 2 groups of 20 patients each. Group A was treated with Guduchidantyadi vati and group B was treated with Guduchidantyadi malahara for 21 days (3 consecutive weeks) with trial drug and further one cycle was drug free follow up). Result: Clinical parameters were assessed statistically. Both the groups showed statistically significant results. Statistically there was no significant difference between the groups in parameter of yoni strava, yoni daurgandha, yoni vedana mutra daha but statistically significant difference was observed in the symptom of yoni kandu. Interpretation and Conclusion: Thus group B (Guduchi dantyadi Malahara) showed higher response as compare to Group A (Guduchi dantyadi vati) in the management of Pruritus vulvae (yoni kandu).

Keywords: Malahara, acharana yonivyapada, yoni kandu.