Abstract

REVIEW ARTICLE ON ARTAVA KSHAYA

Dr. Jyoti Bharti*, Dr. Deepika Gupta and Dr. Anjana Saxena

Abstract

Artava kshaya “Raktasya pramanahani” i.e decrease in amount of artava, caused due to unhealthy food habit, sedentary lifestyle and stress which causes vitiation of vatadi dosha and leads to vikruti in “Rituchakra” i.e which alters the normal physiology of reproductive system and end with disruption of H-P-O axis. Among all gynecological problems, the most common one is Artharakshaya. About 30% women in their reproductive life suffer from Artharakshaya. in Modern it may be correlated with Oligomenorrhoea and hypomenorrhoea. Menstruation is an essential physiological function of women’s during their reproductive age, due to increased physical and emotional stress in routine life style of women's which cause the alteration of the Physiology of Hypothalamus- pituitary – ovarian- Axis. ”This can further leads to menstrual disorder and aartava kshaya is one of them. According to Acharya Sushruta the condition in which there is delayed menstruations, scanty menstrual bleeding with pain is known as artava kshaya Ksheen artava, one of the artava dushti can also be considered as artava kshaya. Based on sign and symptoms, artava kshaya can be correlated with certain menstrual disorder such as oligomenorra, hypomenorrhoea and painful menses. This study will be help to understand artava kshaya according to ayurveda and modern sciences.

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