Vaidya Jeena Aravind U.

Lack of menstrual health is a major concern among women of reproductive age. In present-day clinical practice, it is very difficult to see a woman without any menstrual abnormality. Menstrual problems seem to affect both homemakers and working women alike adversely impacting their productivity daily. Most women seem to be unpredictable physically and emotionally around the time of menstruation. Hence, it is high time to get maximum awareness on such discomforts in a woman’s life in order to adopt the appropriate self-care practices and to approach the health care providers at the earliest if needed. Painful periods, excessive bleeding,…

There are 8 branches in Ayurveda namely Kayachikitsa, Balachikitsa, Grahachikitsa, Salakyatantra, Salyatantra, Vishachikitsa, Rasayana and Vajeekarana. The section of Prasootitantra- Streeroga is included in the branch of Balachikitsa. Prasootitantra primarily deals with preconception, antenatal and postnatal care while Streeroga deals with the management of diseases concerned with female reproductive system. Why woman needs special care? Woman, by nature is not self-focused as far as the health is concerned. She traverses through puberty, reproductive age and then to climacteric through physiological life events of pregnancy and delivery and, with rhythmic menstruation. Well-understanding of her physiology, as well as intermittent fluctuations in…