Abstract

ROLE OF DINACHARYA & AYURVEDA CHIKITSA IN KASHTARTAVA [DYSMENORRHOEA]-A CASE STUDY

*Dr. Sonali Sampat Ghorpade and Dr. Smritika Taware

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Abstract

In today’s era, due to changing habits, the diet lifestyle of humans is changing to adopting a sedentary lifestyle. Which, women’s health is one of the important well-being of the family. As we know, in Ayurveda health is defined as balancing between Dosha, Dhatu, Mala, Indriya and Mana.[1] Therefore it is not only well-being for physical health; but also important for Mental health. Ayurveda has mentioned various principles regarding maintaining health in which Dinacharya is one among them. Dinacharya provides rules regarding the daily lifestyle of an individual. The role of maintaining Dinacharya is an important aspect to keep disease away from our health. Kashtartava is one of the important disorders found in Gynaecology. Painful menses is caused by increased Vata dosha. Various treatments are available for Kashtartava in Ayurveda science. Along with internal management lifestyle modification is important in Kashtartava. Therefore the implementation of Dinacharya helps to decrease Vata sanchaya in the body and the flow of Kashtartava.

Keywords: Kashtartava, Dysmenorrhoea, Ayurveda.