An Exploratory Study to evaluate the effect of Chaturbeeja Arka in reducing the pain in PrimaryDysmenorrhea

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.