Comparative clinical study to evaluate the effectiveness of Erandamoola Arka and Udavarta Roga Nashaka Arka in Udavartini Yonivyapad (Primary Dysmenorrhea).

Primary dysmenorrhea is prevalentgynecological condition that affects a large proportion of woman and havesignificant impact on their quality of life. It is characterized by severelower abdominal pain and discomfort that can range from mild to debilitating.The pain is typically felt before or during menstruation and may be accompaniedby other symptoms such as nausea, headache and fatigue. In India the prevalencerate varies between 50-87.8%.

Udavartini yonivyapad is one among 20 yonivyapad, can be corelatedwith primary dysmenorrhea. Nidana, samprapti and roopa of Udavartiniyonivyapad can be well explained with etiopathogenesis and clinicalfeatures of primary dysmenorrhea. Arthave sa vimukthe tu tat kshanam labhatesukham substantiate the comparison of Udavartini with primarydysmenorrhea.Owing to svaprakopaka nidana such as vegavadharanaand vata prakopaka ahara vihara, menstruation becomes painful in Udavartini  yonivpad due to pratiloma gati of apanavata.Previously numerous studies have been conducted for same condition on shodanakarmas mainly basti and other oral medications. Arka kalpanawhich is very unique form of medicine by its palatability, high potency andminimum dose, and is less explored form of medicine. Erandamoola Arkaattributes to vatahara and shoolahara property which is selectedfor the present study and will be compared to Udavarta Roga Nashaka Arka,which is already proven to have significant results in management of primarydysmenorrhea.