Abstract

A REVIEW OF KASHTARTAVA (DYSMENORRHOEA)

Dr. Shubham Sampatrao Mali* and Dr. Dilip Katre

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Abstract

Dysmenorrhoea means painful or difficult menstruation and is the most common gynecological problem commonly prevalent from the age of 16 to 30 years. Kashtartava (Dysmenorrhoea) is a common ailment having a major impact on both physical and mental status, thereby affecting a woman’s daily routine activities, characterized by painful menstruation. In Ayurvedic classics there are many disorder like vatala yoni vyapad, paripluta yoni vyapad, udavarta yoni vyapad, mahayoni yoni vyapad, vataja artava dushti in which Kashtartava is considered and described as a symptom. Hence an attempt to evaluate the efficacy of Vizhalveradi kashayam and Soubhagyadi Vati in Kashtartava.

Keywords: Kashtartava, Dysmenorrhea, Vizhalveradi kashayam and Soubhagyadi Vati.