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CLINICAL IMPORTANCE OF GARBHINI PARICHARYA (ANTENATAL CARE) IN RELATION TO IMMUNITY: A REVIEW

Pratibha Atram*, Sushama Warhade and Nirmala Sawarkar

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Abstract

Background: Healthy nation is in hands of healthy mother and healthy child. Child and mother health if not discussed would be unfair by all means as a healthy nation depends upon the number of healthy youth. An investment in this direction would always give fruitful results. Swasthya (protection of health) of Garbhini (pregnant women) is very important. Garbhini is susceptible for various diseases and it is very difficult to treat the diseases of Garbhini.[1] Garbhini paricharya (Antenatal care) was advised in classics of Ayurveda for pregnant women. Vyadhikshmatva is a much broader concept studied in Ayurveda in relation to immunity. Its practice also gives the newer path in discovering various immune enhancing practices (like practice of antenatal care) to help in building our own defence mechanism. Aim and objectives: 1. To study the Ayurvedic perspective of immunity & Garbhini paricharya by exploring ancient and modern science. 2. To understand its clinical importance and its role in boosting the immunity of mother with fetus. Material and Method: Various Ayuvedic references, research articles to be studied. Discussion: The clinical relevance of Ayurvedic immunology discussed with reference to vyadhikshamatva and Garbhini paricharya. Conclusion: Ayurveda text has mentioned the care that one has to take care of antenatal and post natal period for healthy progeny. The monthly regimen if followed would give miraculous results. Many studies regarding same are carried out on larger scale all over the world. This gives a brief outlook of how immunity of baby and mother is protected since the time when pre and antenatal care had been looked upon. So for better healthy world the women’s health should never be compromised.

Keywords: Garbhini Paricharya Antenatal care, Vyadhikshmatva, Immunity.