A CLINICAL STUDY ON THE PROPHYLACTIC EFFECT OF VIRECHANA IN PRIMARY DYSMENORRHOEA

Primary dysmenorrhoea is the most common gynaecological disease in menstruating women. It a symptom complex with cramping lower abdominal pain radiating to back and legs often accompanied by gastro intestinal neurological symptoms as well general malaise. In conventional system of medicine there no permanent cure for primary dysmenorrhoea. order find out remedy preventing recurrence evaluate effect virechana reducing dysmenorrhoea, this particular study has been under taken. Ayurveda pathologies are explained heading yonirogas. Clinical features having similiarities that udavartha yoni roga. Apanavatavaigunya main causative factor treatment principle apanavatavaigunyasnigdhavirechana indicated. An Interventional type Quasi Experimental before after without control was conducted Govt College Panchakarma Hospital, Poojapura Hospital Thiruvanathapuram. One group thirty patients fulfilling inclusion criteria diagnostic were recruited study. Intervention administered rookshana takra, snehapana sukumaraghritha, sarvangaabhyanga avagahasweda vataharapatra done using sukumaraerandamThaila followed samsarjanakrama based on suddhi obtained virechana. Subjective parameters assessed three consecutive cycles. Pain major parameter recorded per visual analogue scale associated verbal descriptive scale. reduced immediately which showed effective pacifying disease. Moreover, follow ups got remarkably had sustained progressive effectiveness statistical evaluation p value found be highly significant.