Infertility- an ayurvedic perspective

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Infertility means inability to achieve conception. In today’s era it is one of theburning issues globally. It affects the couple both socially as well as psychologically. In Ayurvedic literature, infertility has been described under Bandhytva. Infertility can be due to different reasons with respect to male and female. The four factors as mentioned in Ayurveda viz. Ritu, kshetra, ambu, beeja should be in proper state in order to achieve conception and complete the pregnancy successfully. So, in this study an effort has been put forth to make a conceptual study covering almost all the aspects of female infertility Keywords: Infertility, Bandhyatwa, Ayurveda , conception INTRODUCTION Infertility implies apparent failure of a couple to conceive while sterility indicates absolute inability to conceive for one or more reasons. If a couple fails to achieve pregnancy after 1 year of unprotected and regular intercourse, it is an indication to investigate the couple. This is based on the observation that 80% of normal couples achieve conception within a year. It is observed that 50% conceive within 3 months of regular, unprotected intercourse, 75% in 6 months and 80-85% conceive within 1 year 1 One does not find detailed description regarding the disease in any of the Ayurvedic classic except Harit a Samhita 2 AIM AND OBJECTIVE: To do a conceptual study about female infertility DESCRIPTION: Harita has defined bandhyatwa as failure to achieve a child rather than pregnancy. Failure of conception will be there during childhood, old age, puerperium and during lactation. It is not considered as infertility. According to Ka- INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (September, 2017) 5(9) INFERTILITY- AN AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE Smita Sarmah 1 , Balen Baishya 2 1 PG Scholar, 2 Professor & Ex-HeadDeptt. Of Prasuti Tantra & Stree Roga, Govt. Ayurvedic College, Jalukbari Guwahati-14, Assam, India Email: sarmahsmita 18@gmail.com ABSTRACT Infertility means inability to achieve conception. In today’s era it is one of theburning issues globally. It affects the couple both socially as well as psychologically. In Ayurvedic literature, infertility has been described under Bandhytva. Infertility can be due to different reasons with respect to male and female. The four factors as mentioned in Ayurveda viz. Ritu, kshetra, ambu, beeja should be in proper state in order to achieve conception and complete the pregnancy successfully. So, in this study an effort has been put forth to make a conceptual study covering almost all the aspects of female infertility Keywords: Infertility, Bandhyatwa, Ayurveda , conception INTRODUCTION Infertility implies apparent failure of a couple to conceive while sterility indicates absolute inability to conceive for one or more reasons. If a couple fails to achieve pregnancy after 1 year of unprotected and regular intercourse, it is an indication to investigate the couple. This is based on the observation that 80% of normal couples achieve conception within a year. It is observed that 50% conceive within 3 months of regular, unprotected intercourse, 75% in 6 months and 80-85% conceive within 1 year 1 One does not find detailed description regarding the disease in any of the Ayurvedic classic except Harit a Samhita 2 AIM AND OBJECTIVE: To do a conceptual study about female infertility DESCRIPTION: Harita has defined bandhyatwa as failure to achieve a child rather than pregnancy. Failure of conception will be there during childhood, old age, puerperium and during lactation. It is not considered as infertility. According to Ka- INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL International Ayurvedic Medical Journal, ( ISSN: 2320 5091) (September, 2017) 5(9) INFERTILITY- AN AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE Smita Sarmah 1 , Balen Baishya 2 1 PG Scholar, 2 Professor & Ex-HeadDeptt. Of Prasuti Tantra & Stree Roga, Govt. Ayurvedic College, Jalukbari Guwahati-14, Assam, India Email: sarmahsmita 18@gmail.com ABSTRACT Infertility means inability to achieve conception. In today’s era it is one of theburning issues globally. It affects the couple both socially as well as psychologically. In Ayurvedic literature, infertility has been described under Bandhytva. Infertility can be due to different reasons with respect to male and female. The four factors as mentioned in Ayurveda viz. Ritu, kshetra, ambu, beeja should be in proper state in order to achieve conception and complete the pregnancy successfully. So, in this study an effort has been put forth to make a conceptual study covering almost all the aspects of female infertility Keywords: Infertility, Bandhyatwa, Ayurveda , conception INTRODUCTION Infertility implies apparent failure of a couple to conceive while sterility indicates absolute inability to conceive for one or more reasons