Abstract

A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE EFFICACY OF “RAJAH PRAVARTINI VATI” ON KASHTARTAVA W.S.R TO PRIMARY DYSMENORRHOEA

*Dr.Diksha Khathuria, Dr.Vaibhav.P.Khirodkar, Dr.Khushwant Joshi, Dr.B.Pushpalatha and Dr. Sushila Sharma

Abstract

Dysmenorrhoea is the most common gynaecological problem faced by women during their adolescence which causes significant discomfort & anxiety for the women. It may create the emotional distress brought on by the pain and may result in missing work or school, inability to participate in sports or other activities. In modern medicine dysmenorrhoea is treated by oral contraceptive pills, non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs, antispasmodic, analgesics etc. Long term use of these causes side effects. So, it is a great scope of research to find out safe, potent, cost effective remedy from Ayurveda for its management. Pain is the main feature of Kashtartava, so it has strong relation with Vata Dosha. Keeping this point in view, the present clinical trial, A Clinical Study To Evaluate Efficacy Of “Rajah Pravartini Vati” On Kashtartava W.S.R To Primary Dysmenorrhoea was taken. The selected drug is Vatashamaka mentioned by the classics and Rajah-Pravartini-Vati has a direct reference in Bhaishajya Ratnavali for Kashtarvata. And results were assessed on the basis of improvement in the subjective parameters. The study reveals that patients of Kashtartava after treatment showed significant improvement in chief complaints, from the above trial it is clear that Rajah Pravartini Vati can be used as a safe and effective „Therapeutic Agent‟ in the management of kashtartava.

Keywords: Dysmenorrhoea, Kashtartava, Vata Dosha.