World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

CLINICAL APPROACH TO GARBHAJANYA VISHAMAYATA (TOXAEMIA DURING PREGNANCY): A CONCEPTUAL STUDY

Dr. Deshmukh Shabeena* and Sunita Siddesh

ABSTRACT

Pregnancy is a unique, exiting and often joyous time in a women?s life, as it highlights the woman?s amazing creative and nurturing powers while providing bridge to the future. Garbhajanya vishamayata (Pregnancy induced hypertension) is the development of new hypertension in a pregnant women after 20 weeks of gestation. It is a major medical problem encountered during pregnancy. It is preventable by early detection & appropriate treatment & possibly by prevention of disease itself. So, it becomes our responsibility to prevent these disorders through Ayurvedic approach by ensuring safe motherhood & healthy child & to decrease maternal & fetal mortality. On looking to the symptoms present in this disorder with an Ayurvedic approach, we find most of the symptoms are because of Vata & Pitta vitiation. So drugs which are having Vata-Pitta shamana, Hridya, Shothahara, Garbhasthapaka, Medhya, Balya & Brimhana will be beneficial in treating PIH (Garbhajanya vishamayata). As a preventive care, Pathyapathya during Antenatal period is described under the heading of Masanumasika paricharya & what should be avoided is mentioned under the heading of Garbhopaghatakara bhava’s. All these regimen?s were sicerely followed at that time.

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