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A REVIEW ARTICLE ON ETIOPATHOLOGY OF ARTAVAKSHAYA AND ITS TREATMENT PERSPECTIVE IN AYURVEDA

Dr. Ruchita Shah* and Dr. Veena Jawale

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Women‟s health is a topic of concern in the medical field, as women are an important factor in the reproduction of healthy progeny. Gynaecology is a matter of concern for all of the medicinal sciences because- start of life begins with a baby only and health of the women is the most important factor in this process. In today‟s world, problems of gynaecology are increasing day by day and Ayurveda has lot to contribute in this process. All the Ayurveda Samhita have emphasized on this topic and this is the reason, why in each and every Samhita one can found some elaborated material about the gynaecological problems. The environmental factors, fast-changing lifestyles, and junk food as well as stress have endangered their health. The disease Artavkshaya is not described as a disease but according to the description of Acharya Charaka in Nidan-sthan 8/40 that when symptoms of disease appear independently, it should be considered as a disease and not a symptom. So “Artavkshaya/ Alpartava” can be considered as a disease. It can be correlated with Oligomennorhoea or Hypomenorrhoea in modern science to some extent on the basis of signs and symptoms. Oligo-ovulation / Anovulation causes oligomennorhoea which in long term causes infertility. Ovulatory factor consists of 30-40% cause of infertility and menstrual disorders prevalence is around 11.9%, so to treat the cause of infertility is necessary. According to Acharya Sushrut, Kshin-Artava/ Artavaskhaya/ Rajakshaya/ Alpapushpa are the first step towards the pathogenesis of Nashtartava. The samprapti of Nashtartava also can be applied to Artavakshaya.

Keywords: Artavakshaya, Samprapti, Alpartava, Oligomennorhoea, Hypomenorrhoea, Vyadhi Lakshana, Ayurveda.