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RITUMATI LAKSHANA IN DIFFERENT DEHA PRAKRITI: A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW WITH FOCUS ON BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE DURING OVULATION

Kalpana Bahogona*

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The conventional review essay reviews the concept of Ritumati Lakshana in relation to different bodily constitutions. Specifically, the aim of this article is to understand whether there was a glimpse of variation in the biological parameter, in this case, basal body temperature for ovulation time, among Vata, Pitta, and Kapha women during ovulation. If the difference exists, the implications of these studies are also explored. The study takes a combined approach of conceptual analysis and literature review to present the findings based on available texts and evidence. Ayurveda employs authentic medical measures from several thousand years ago to regulate harmonious maternal health, including fertility. Nonetheless, the basic and fundamental principles of Ayurveda remained amiss, and awareness of these findings in relation to modern cutting-edge technology lit up the minds of readers. It opened new vistas to analyze the Ritumati Lakshana in different bodily constitutions, thus conceiving the idea for this scholarly article. The biology discusses the basic change in basal body temperature during ovulation in the female population. The present treatise aims to find out this conceptual difference as it provides ample information for clinicians to suspect the ovulation period, mental preparations, and relations with spouses, etc. Hence, such existing classic concepts could still be utilized in present Ayurvedic practice to treat gynecological conditions, diagnose functional infertility issues, and enrich the knowledge of the medical fraternity in general. Ayurvedic literature was thus searched properly, and the data were collected and presented through analysis with moving evidence and reasoning. This can also be interplayed with modern fertility concepts.

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