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CLINICAL EVALUATION ON EFFECT OF SOOTHAGATHADAI KUDINEER IN SOOTHAGA THADAI (SECONDARY AMENORRHOEA) - A CASE SERIES

Dr. M. Lavanya*, Dr. P. Mirunaleni, Dr. M. Subbulakshmi, Dr. M. Meenakshi Sundaram and Dr. R. Meena Kumari

Abstract

Nowadays Menstrual abnormalities are very common in women of reproductive age, due to lifestyle changes, lack of exercise, and unhealthy eating habits. Of these menstrual disorders, amenorrhoea is a common clinical presentation and it shows the abnormalities of the hypothalamic-pituitary ovarian axis. Here we have chosen Soothaga thadai kudineer from Sigicharathnadeepam, a sastric Siddha medicine for treating secondary amenorrhea.(absence of menstruation for three months or more in a women)since it causes more physical and psychological problems to affected women. The objective of this pilot study was to determine the efficacy of Soothaga thadai kudineer, a Siddha herbal formulation in Soothaga thadai (Secondary Amenorrhoea) patients. It was conducted at Ayothidoss Pandithar Hospital, National Institute of Siddha, Tambaram Sanatorium, Chennai-47. Ten patients were recruited in this study in the age group of 20 -35 with the matching inclusion and exclusion criteria. All the patients were treated with 325 ml of Soothaga thadai kudineer once a day for 3 days and three months follow up. The assessment criteria were the amount and duration of menstrual bleeding, the interval of the menstrual cycle, and associated symptoms before trial, after trial, and after follow up. The trial drug was found to be effective in improving the amount of menstrual bleeding from scanty to moderate and duration of bleeding from short to moderate level 70 % of patients got regular menstrual cycle for three consecutive cycles and 20% of patients observed reduction in BMI. thus Soothaga thadai kudineer has shown good effectiveness in the treatment of Soothaga thadai (Secondary Amenorrhoea) and did not show any adverse reaction to any of the patients.

Keywords: Soothaga thadai, Secondary Amenorrhoea, Soothaga thadai kudineer, Siddha Medicine.