A comparative clinical study of NÄgakesara CÅ«rnÌ£a and KutakÄ« CÅ«rnÌ£a in the management of AsrÌ£gdara with special reference to Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding.

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding occurs most commonly at the extremes of reproductive age (20% of cases occur in adolescence and 40% in patients over age 40).Various treatments are available in modern medicine such as hormones therapy, anti-fibrinolytic agents, anti-prostaglandins etc. but have not proved their definite efficacy in spite of high cost and side effects. Although the medical therapy is generally used first, excessive menstrual bleeding accounts for two third of all hysterectomies.So, there is great scope of research to find out safe, potent, cost effective remedy from Ä€yurvedaby addressing the root of the problem thereby improving the quality of life of women. This study will be carried out to evaluate the efficacy of NÄgakesara CÅ«rnÌ£a and KutakÄ« CÅ«rnÌ£a in AsrÌ£gdara and to know about the possible aetiology of *Asrigdara.*Patients will be selected from O.P.D. and I.P.D. of PrasutiTantra and StriRoga Department of N.I.A., Jaipur as per criteria. Written voluntary informed consent will be taken from each patient before starting the trial. The clinical study will be conducted on minimum hundred clinically diagnosed patients of AsrÌ£gdara and randomly divided into two groups. An observational study about the NidÄna of AsrÌ£gdara will also be carried out by making a questionnaire among minimum two hundred patients. All the patients registered for the present trial will be assessed on the basis of subjective parameters, objective parameters and laboratory investigations and Pictorial blood loss assessment chart (PBLAC) and SF-36 questionnaire for quality of life.