Abstract

A REVIEW ARTICLE ON FEMALE INFERTILITY-AN AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE

*Dr. Manju P. S. and Dr. Navaneeth K. P.

ABSTRACT

Almost all people are having a strong desire to conceive a child at some point during their reproductive lifetime. Infertility is the failure to naturally conceive a child even after one or more years of regular unprotected coitus or to carry a pregnancy to full term. Reasons such as lifestyle, diet, substances abuse, environmental pollutants, infections, medical conditions, medications and family medical history could affect conception in couples.Infertilty can arise from either of partners. Here an attempt has been made to describe the Ayurvedic perspective of female infertility.

Keywords: Infertillity, vandhya, Ayurveda, diet, Ovulation.