Abstract

FIBROID UTERUS: A SINGLE CASE STUDY

Dharita Patel* and Dr. Hemant Toshikhane

Abstract

Present era is advanced and competitive, in this fast life world women are trying to compare equally with men. Woman's health is considered to be the one concerned with family, society and culture. Uterine fibroids are the commonest benign solid tumours in female. It has been estimated that at least 20% of women at the age of 30 have got fibroid in their uterus. As they are seen during prime working years, they negatively impact women’s ability to work. Symptomatology like heavy bleeding, pain in abdomen, back pain etc. interfere with the social, professional and mental wellbeing of women. The study of Ayurvedic classics has revealed that the symptomatoly of the disease “Arbuda” can be correlated to that of benign tumour. Vata and other Doshas getting aggravated and vitiate Mamsa Dhatu, produce a round, bulged, gradually increasing, generally not painful and hard swelling. The modalities available in contemporary medical science mainly includes hormonal therapy, hysterectomy, myomectomy and uterine artery embolization. Unfortunately none of these method are considered as the sole reply to this disaese. Thus, now, women are looking for non invasive treatment methods which do not require hospitalization and lengthy recovery. This is where an Ayurvedic approach is needed. From different drugs mentioned in Ayurvedic classics Mulaka Kshara is selected for this case study.

Keywords: Uterine fibroid, Garbhashaya Arbuda, Mulaka Kshara.