A randomised comparative clinical study to evaluate the effect of Kashmaryadi ghrita orally and as matra basti along with pushpadhanwa rasa in Vandyatwa With special reference to female infertility .

ACCORDING TO WHO INFERTILITY IS A DISEASE OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DEFINED BY THE FAILURE TO ACHIEVE A CLINICAL PREGNANCY AFTER 12 MONTHS OR MORE OF REGULAR UNPROTECTED SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.

A ROUGH ESTIMATE SUGGESTS THAT MORE THAN 20 MILLION COUPLES IN INDIA SUFFER FROM INFERTILITY. CURRENTLY THE INFERTILITY RATE AMONG THE INDIAN POPULATION IS 10 TO 14 % WHICH IS HIGHER IN URBAN AREAS WHERE 1 OUT OF 6 COUPLES ARE AFFECTED. THE CAUSE OF INFERTILITY IN FEMALE CAN BE DUE TO VARIOUS CAUSES LIKE OVULATORY DYSFUNCTION, TUBAL FACTOR, ENDOMETRIAL FACTOR, CERVICAL FACTOR, PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE, IMMUNOLOGICAL FACTOR, SYSTEMIC CONDITIONS, COITAL ERROR, UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY ETC.

VATA PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN GARBHADHARANA. IMBALANCE IN APANAVATA IS ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSE OF VANDYATWA, VANDYATWA IS ONE AMONG THE 80 VATAJA NANTMAJA VIKARAS. NORMALIZATION OF VATADOSHA IS THE PRIMARY MANAGEMENT IN VANDYATWA. BASTI IS SAID TO BE PARAMAUSHADHI FOR TREATING VATAJA ROGA. ANUVASANA BASTI IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL FOR WOMAN THOSE WHO ARE INFERTILE.

KASHMARYADI GHRITA MENTIONED IN YONIVYAPAT CHIKITSA OF CHARAKA SAMHITA HAS THE EFFICACY OF GARBHADA AND YONI VATAHARA PROPERTIES.PUSHPADHANWA RASA AS MENTIONED IN VAJIKARANA ADHYAYA OF BHAISHAJYA RATNAVALI AND RASATARANGINI PARISHISHTA IS FOUND BENEFICIAL IN VANDYATWA AND ALSO THE DRUGS USED IN THE PUSHPADHANWA RASA HAS VATAHARA, DEEPANA PACHANA PROPERTIES AND IT IS BALYA AND GIVES DHIRGA AYU AND IT HAS VAJIKARANA PROPERTIES. ANUVASANA BASTI IS SHRESTHA CHIKITSA FOR WOMEN THOSE WHO ARE INFERTILE. .