A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EFFECT OF SATPUSHPA TAILA UTTARBASTI AND NASYA ON ARTAVA DUSHTI (W.S.R PCOS)
Suman Kumari* and Anjana Saxena
ABSTRACT
PCOS in simple words is a state of chronic anovulation with androgen excess. It should be considered as a sign, rather than a disease. It is not a complete curable disease. The treatment options present for it are mainly symptomatic. Moreover they may fail in preventing the long term consequences of PCOS. Its prevalence in India ranges from 3.7 to 22.7% depending on population studied and criteria used. Amongst infertile women’s about in 20% infertility is attributed to anovulation due to PCOS. It is not possible to correlate PCOS to any one disease described in ayurvedic literature, completely. But to some extent few diseases can be simulated to it on the basis of sign & symptoms like to- Pushpaghani jataharni, Vikuta jataharni, Artavakshaya, Granthibhut artava dushti. Acharya Charaka has established the fact that diseases are innumerable & it cannot be possible to name each & every disease. Understanding of etiopathogenesis and treatment of the disease is possible on the basis of the four basic fundamentals i.e. Prakriti, Adhishthana, Linga & Ayatana. Hence it was needed to postulate the etiopathogenesis of PCOS by analyzing the symptoms, nidana, status of doshas, dushyas, agni, srotasas, etc. So definite etiopathogenesis of PCOS was made on the basis of basis of observations made after complete history taking including diet & lifestyle, prakruti parikshana etc. Keeping in view, the nidana & signs & symptoms of PCOS, correlating them with the functioning of doshas, signs & symptoms of different levels of dhatu dushti & of the type of srotas involved, it was thought that this syndrome is possibly due to Kaphavata vitiation. This prompt us to think that the drug which is useful for vata and kapha dosha shamana and the drug which increases the agneya guna & causes vriddhi of pitta may be useful for PCOS. Satpushpa taila described by Acharya Kashypa in Shatpushpa shatavari kalpa chapter has all these properties along the lekhaniye, bhedaniya properties & mastishka shamaka properties, along with rich phytoestrogenic content. So we planned to carry out research using shatpushpa taila as nasya & uttarbasti in two different groups of 30-30 patients.
Keywords: Kaphavata artava dushti, PCOS, ayurveduc concept of PCOS, effect of satpushpa taila nasya & uttarbasti.
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