A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY OF KALAJAJI CHURNA AND SHATPUSHPA CHURNA IN ARTAVAKSHAYA

Background and Objectives: Menstruation is an essential physiological function of women during their reproductive age. This involves shedding of endometrium, which was prepared to provide a bed for ferti-lized gamete, when fails, result into menstruation or Masanumasika Raja Pravrutti. Nowadays, menstrual abnormalities are very common in society. Artavakshaya is explained by Acharya Sushruta which is caused by the Avarana of Kapha over Vata and due to Kshaya of Pitta, characterised by reduced blood flow in amount as well as in duration and increased interval between two menstrual cycles. Kalajaji Churna explained in Bhava Prakash Nighantu and Shatpushpa Churna mentioned in Kashyapa Samhita were used here as trail and control group to see and compare their efficacy in the management of Ar-tavakshaya.Methodology: This research work was a randomized comparative clinical study of 40 patients suffering from the cardinal symptoms of Artavakshaya, were randomly selected in and categorized into 2 groups of 20 patients each. Group A was treated with Kalajaji Churna and group B with Shatpushpa Churna for a period of 3 consecutive menstrual cycles and follow up for further 2 cycle.Result: Both the groups showed statistically significant results. Statistically there was no significant differ-ence between the groups.Conclusion: Both the drugs were statistically significant in Artavakshaya and statistically both the drugs were equally effective. Kalajaji Churna shows better result in duration of flow and amount of bleeding where as Shatpushpa Churna shows better result in interval between two cycles and pain.