A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF ROOKSHANA POORVAKA VAMANA KARMA IN PCOS
Seetharamu M. S.*, Kiran M. Goud and Shreyas D. M.
ABSTRACT
Polycystic ovarian disease or syndrome is a condition characterized by hyperandrogenism, menstrual disturbances, obesity, hirsutism and infertility. It is a health problem that affects three in ten women of the child bearing age group. Menstrual disturbances include amenorrhoea, oligomenorrhoea and irregular menstruation which further leads to infertility. Ultrasound examination shows cysts in the ovaries. Conventional treatment for PCOS includes lifestyle changes, ovulation induction, surgical theraphy and other symptomatic treatment modalities. Considering the menstrual abnormalities and anovulation, pcos can be correlated to Arthava kshaya, where prakupitha Kapha does the avarana of Apana vata. Sarvanga Udhwartana followed sarvanga basshpa sweda as vishista poorva karma and Vamana karam is a treatment modality applied to enhance the suppressed action of vata by relieving the Kapha Avarana. Vamana karma helps in decreasing saumya guna and increases Agneya Guna. It was observed that Maximum patient in the study given statistically significant relief in almost all Parameters. The results of the present clinical study has given (p<o.oo1) which shown statistically highly significant.
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