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Ayurveda Approach To Aartava Kshaya W.S.R. To Oligomenorrhea: A Case Report

Kiran Sharma, Hetal H. Dave, Nidhi Gupta, Karan Chugh

In modern era due to sedentary life style and alteration in food habit metabolic disorder increases day by day. Aartava kshaya (scanty/irregular menses) is one of them. According to Ayurveda texts Aartava Kshaya shows symptoms like delayed, scanty and painful menses. In Ayurveda texts the symptom of PCOS (Polycystic ovarian syndrome) like oligomenorrhea correlated with Aartava Kshaya. In Ayurveda texts food is considered as Aushadha (medicine) so Kulattha (Horse gram) is taken for treatment of Aartava Kshaya in this clinical study. This is single case study of 22 years female suffering from scanty and delayed irregular menses for 1 year. She had associated complaints of painful menstruation and suffering from hirsutism. Patient’s thyroid function was at subclinical level is 3.54 µIU/mL. On the basis of this case study it can be concluded that Ayurveda principle can play a vital role for the effective management of Aartava Kshaya. Since the single case is not enough more rooted study in this is required.

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