World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

MOTHER AND CHILD CARE THROUGH YOGA AND NATUROPATHY

Dr. Shivani Gupta* and Dr. Sharuti Sarin

ABSTRACT

Pregnancy is the process whereby the life of a baby begins in the mother’s womb and progresses up to the stage when it is safe to expose the baby to the outside world. Pregnancy is a very precious and important event in a woman’s life where the complete care of both mother and child is utmost important. This is the period which is special for woman and her family. It is a time of many changes in her body, emotions and life. These changes often add new stress to the lives of women. Pregnancy related discomforts due to anatomical and physiological changes can be stressful to women. She has to understand and recognize that these symptoms in motherhood stage are temporary and that there are ways to cope up with them. Failing to understand this basic fact, may affect the development of the fetus and henceforth the total health of the child. Apart from biological intervention, social and psychological support is equally important. At this juncture, yoga and naturopathy is recognized as one of the excellent and safest systems of medicine to manage all the motherhood problems. Yoga practice is the tool for achieving positive health for both mother and child. Yoga brings about stress reduction and helps in reducing the occurrence of complications through effective hormonal function. Naturopathy is the system to change the way of life and increases its quality. Various natural modalities help women to combat the physical discomforts during this period, carry her and soothe her for normal motherhood.

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