Review Article
Year: 2019 | Month: December | Volume: 9 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 211-216
Anaemia in Pregnancy: Scope through Ayurveda
Gopal M Jadhav
Assistant Professor, Strirog Prasui Tantra, Government Ayurved College, Nanded (M.S.)
ABSTRACT
Background: Numerous efforts are being done and implementation of several policies for the expected outcomes in the sector of MCH .Due to illiteracy, socio-economic factors, malnutrition, neglecting family planning and sedentary lifestyle affecting MCH in rural and urban population. Agnimandya is prime symptom and cause in Garbhini pandu and is responsible factors for many feto-maternal complications during ante and post natal life. Treatment of anemia limited upto correction of Hb% levels in the modern practise neglecting the other aspects. Essentiality we need a proper ayurved protocol for correction of it with all aspects of rasadushti and allied symptoms. Abnormal rasdhatu formation leads to decreased Hb% called anaemia. Clinician tries to raise the Hb% directly bypassing the correction of rasadushti. Hence temporary increased level of Hb% may not help to avoid complications of anemia .We need such an approach which will correct rasdushti as well as will help to increase Hb%.
Objectives: clinical and literature study to understand all ayurved aspects of anemia and methods of its correction to be implemented in general health system.
Material methods: Literature review has been done from all ancient texts, various research journals and data interpretation is done.
Observations: 1. Existence of anaemia during pre-pregnancy, antenatal, perinatal and post natal period definitely affects the concern women and new born.2. Anaemia of pregnancy is major cause of many congenital malformations and neonatal complications. 3. Drugs available in modern medicine for oral and parenteral administration having GI and other general complications which further disturbs GI complaints is contradictory part of treatment.4. Correction of Hb% levels with iron molecules may not break ayurvedic samprapti of pandu.5. Efforts for anemia correction should be started at very early stage with awareness programme and eradication of faulty beliefs.
Conclusion: Ayurveda may give more authentic solutions for improvement of digestion and anaemia due to malnourishment and it can be corrected with help of Ayurveda to contribute MCH programme at global level.
Result: Ayurved principals of correction of malnutrition anaemia can be introduced in main health stream at ground level under national health mission. Education and health awareness programs need different vision for concept of digestion. Modern oral iron supplements can be replaced with safe ayurved iron tonics without causing gastro intestinal disturbances.
Key words: Garbhini pandu, agnimandya, rasdushti.