Open AccessA REVIEW ON UNDERSTANDING KASHTARTAVA THROUGH DYSMENORRHOEA: AN INTEGRATED CONCEPTUAL APPROACH
Author(s) -
N Meghana,
V R Santosh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of research in ayurveda and pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2277-4343
pISSN - 2229-3566
DOI - 10.7897/2277-4343.1106191
Subject(s) - menstruation , complaint , medicine , disease , mechanism (biology) , gynecology , intensive care medicine , pathology , epistemology , philosophy , political science , law
Menstruation, a complex cyclic phenomenon, is an inevitable natural occurrence in women’s life and is considered as landmark of homeostatic condition of reproductive system. In Ayurvedic classics all gynecological problems are described under the broad term Yoni Vyapat. Painful menstruation is called Kashtartava. The present article explores the cause – mechanism effect of Symptom Kashtartava and it is critically reviewed under the light of modern disease Dysmenorrhea. Primary Dysmenorrhoea is considered as Kashtartava and is a common complaint seen in all gynecological OPD’s.