Abstract

“SUTIKA PARICHARYA-AN AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT TO AVOID PUERPERIAL DISORDERS.”

*Dr. Subhash G. Marlewar and Dr. Pournima Hiremath

Abstract

Labour can be the most dangerous journey a human ever undertakes. Transformation of Women to Mother is the happiest lifetime event. Delivering the baby is tiring to say the least. The mother’s body is weary and needs to recuperate. All the dhatus decreases and becomes languid or unsteady due to development of foetus during pregnancy. In Sutikavastha all the doshas are in increased state especially vatadosha. In such condition she is vulnerable to many types of diseases. Though Sutikavastha is not the diseased state but due to agnimandya, vataprakop and dhatukshaya she is prone to develop disease very earlier. So to avoid puerperal disorders and to maintain her normal condition by supression of aggravation of doshas and increasing Agni, and also the strength of women the sutika paricharya is mentioned in Ayurveda by different Acharyas.

Keywords: Sutika, Paricharya, Health, Pathya, Apathya.