Reducing the menstrual pain by herbal formulation

Phase 3

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Primary dysmenorrhea. Ayurveda Condition: UDAVARTINI,

Registration Number: CTRI/2025/04/086042

Lead Sponsor: OTHER

Brief Summary: Primary Dysmenorrhea is a most common disorder that affects upto 70% of the female population. It affects patients with significant impairment in quality of life, sleep,and work performance because of pain. The prevalence of Primary Dysmenorrhea has increased in recent decades due to sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy food habits. Primary Dysmenorrhea can be compared with Udavartini in Ayurveda,which is one of the diseases caused by vitiation of vata and can be treated with vata anulomana drugs. In the proposed research,a short term and more palatable drug approach will be used to treat primary dysmenorrhea. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of interventions with internally administered herbal formulations for better outcomes in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea.

The study is an exploratory study. A total of 40 patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria will be selected. The treatment protocol comprised Chaturbeeja arka 10 ml for first three days of menstruation twice orally with equal quantity of water for one menstruation cycle. Patients will be assessed based on Vas score,Cox menstrual symptom scale and VMSS scale. The data will be statistically evaluated with friedman test.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not Yet Recruiting

Sex: Female

Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Regular menstrual cycles for three consecutive months having moderate to severe Primary Dysmenorrhea maintaining menstrual history diary or records.Those who have video calling facility on their mobile.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants with genitourinary infection, under hormonal therapy, diagnosed case of pelvic pathology, Plan for conception.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction in intensity of pain using the vas scale.	First three days of menstruation \| for one menstrual cycle.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction in duration of pain and improvement in quality of life using CMSS and VMSS scale respectively	first three days of menstruation cycle twice daily using video calls

Trial Locations

Locations (1): Amrita Ayurveda Hospital,Amrita school of ayurveda
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Kollam, KERALA, India
Amrita Ayurveda Hospital,Amrita school of ayurveda
🇮🇳Kollam, KERALA, India
Dr Deepu Rani
Principal investigator
9756900088
deepu.rani23@gmail.com