VIRECHEN, LEKHANA BASTI AND ORAL THERAPY AN AYURVEDIC PROTO-COL FOR MANAGEMENT OF UTERINE FIBROID IN AN INFERTILE WOMAN – A CASE REPORT

Abstract

Background: Infertility is inability to become pregnant for a sexually active couples after one year without using any contraceptives. It causes great distress to many couples. The benign tumor that origi-nate in the uterus it is called a uterine fibroid. The growths are typically benign, or noncancerous. The cause of fibroids is unknown and there are many ways will affect the fertility of woman. Aim & Ob-jective: To understand the disease according to Ayurvedic principles & to evaluate the role of a safer and cost-effective Ayurvedic treatment modality in uterine fibroid in infertile women. Materials and Methods: A clinical case study of uterine fibroid. Patient age 25 years with 2 years active marital life attending the O.P.D. of P.T.S.R. of IPGT & RA, Jamnagar. Patient was treated with Virechana Karma (Purgation) with Trivrut Avaleha with Thripala Kwatha (Decoction), Lekhana Basti (Enema) with Lek-haneya Maha Kashaya for 15 days, Varunadi Kwath (Decoction) 50ml for 8 weeks morning and even-ing after meal Results: There is great reduction to the size of the fibroid and the woman became preg-nant and delivered a healthy baby. Conclusion: Hence it has been concluded that this Ayurvedic proto-col useful the management of uterine fibroid in infertile woman.