Abstract

A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY OF TILASHELUADI KASHAYA AND KANASATAHWADI KASHAYA IN NASTHARTAVA – A CLINICAL STUDY

Meenu Tomar* and Shevale Digamber P.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Menstrual is an essential physiological function of women during their reproductive age. This involves shedding of endometrium, which was prepared to provide a bed for fertilized gamete, when fails, result into menstruation or Masanumasika raja pravrutti. Now a day’s menstrual abnormalities are very common in society, out of 19.3% women are suffering from oligomenorrhea, 20-30 % women are suffering from PCOS. Nasthartava explain by Acharya Sushruta which is caused by the Avarna of kapha over vata and due to kshaya of pitta and may be due to nutrition deficiency or decrease in Rasa dhatu, upadhatu and hormonal disorders, characterized by reduced interval between two menstrual cycles. Tilasheluadi kashaya explained in Yogaratnakara Uttaradha Yonivyapad Chikitsa has been found effective clinically, the study was undertaken to prove its efficacy statistically. Methodology: The research work was a randomized comparative clinical study of 40 patients suffering from the cardinal symptoms of Nasthartava, were randomly selected in and categorized into 2 groups of 20patients each group. Group A was treated with Tilasheluadi kashaya and Group B with Kanasathwadi kashaya for a period of 3 consecutive menstrual cycles and follow up further 2 cycles. Result: both the groups showed statistically significant result. Statistically there was no significant difference between groups. Conclusion: On the basis of observation from the present study it may be concluded that, both groups showed significant results. Kanasatahwadi kashaya showed better results than Tilasheluadi kashaya, while taking the account of percentage of each criterion.

Keywords: Nasthartava, menstruation, oligomenorrhea, Hypomenorrhea, PCOS, Amenorrhea, Tilasheluadi kashaya and Kanasatahwadi kashaya.