World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

MANAGEMENT OF ASRIGDARA WITH PICCHA BASTI – CASE SERIES

Dr. Shruthi R.* and Dr. Anupama V.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Asrigdara[1] is a disease in which there is excessive bleeding per vagina either in volume or duration. Any Uterine bleeding outside the normal volume, duration or regularity is considered as Abnormal uterine bleeding. It effects any women from puberty to menopause. This condition is a devasting situation to a woman both physically and physiologically. Rakta is considered as Jeevana and prana by different acharyas as it plays an important role in protecting body but when it is abnormally flowing out of body it leads to tandra, moha, bhrama even death. Aim: To evaluate the effect of Piccha basti in Asrigdara as atyayika chikitsa irrespective of the cause. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on IPD basis and patients were recruited from Gynecology department of Sri Kalabyreshwara swamy Ayurvedic medical college, Bangalore. Total 9 patients were selected for study and piccha basti[2] was given in Yoga basti pattern for 8days and evaluation was done on amount of bleeding, pain, clots. Results: Clinically, in all 10 patients bleeding stopped by the end of Basti Chikitsa. Conclusion: Piccha basti alone can stop the excessive uncontrolled bleeding. It can be used as an effective alternative for hormonal treatment and other measures used to control AUB or DUB.

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