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EFFECT OF AMALAKI RASAYANA IN PREGNANCY - A CASE STUDY

Pooja Singh*, Kanchan Gupta and Shashi Singh

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Abstract

Motherhood i.e. giving birth to a healthy progeny is the dream of woman‘s life. From vedic era Woman’s health has been receiving more attention for good family life. Female stands for Prakriti also called as Beeja dharmini and Prasavadharmini. Acharyas has given specific importance to pregnant lady and has compared her with oil filled vessel, which can split by little displacement. So to provide proper attention during pregnancy, Acharyas have described the ―Garbhini paricharya up to the nine months of pregnancy. The derivation of the word, Stree itself denotes that the family begins from her i.e. capability of carrying of Garbha and giving birth. Simply the union of Shukra and Shonita inside the Kukshi can not be termed as Garbha if the entrance of Aatma doesn't occur. Here the word Kukshi denotes Garbhasaya (or) Womb. Besides Aatma, the association of Prakriti and Vikaras is also essential for the creation of Garbha. Rasayana therapy is also found beneficial for Garbhini and one such rasayana is Amalaki Rasayana.

Keywords: Garbhini Paricharya, Shukra-shonita, Garbhashaya, Amalaki Rasayana.