AYURVEDIC APPROACH FOR MANAGEMENT OF UTERINE FIBROID – A CASE REPORT

Juli Kotwani* and Tejaswini Dhiraj Buchade

ABSTRACT

A 31-year-old woman presented with a uterine fibroid of 11 *6 mm diameter in the Anterior wall of the uterus and a cyst of 46 *33mm diameter in the right ovary. She was intended to be treated with some Ayurvedic formulations. Fibroids are the abnormal growths that develop in a woman’s uterus. Sometimes these tumors are quite large and cause severe abdominal pain and heavy periods. In other cases, they cause no signs or symptoms at all. The growths are typically benign or noncancerous, the cause of fibroids is unknown. Fibroids are also called leiomyomas or myomas. Ayurvedic drugs have been proven useful for these manifestations, The case was treated for 5 months with a combination of different Ayurvedic drugs to alleviate symptoms and reduce the size of the fibroid. The patient came with the complaint of Dysmennorhea with pelvic pain and was diagnosed with uterine fibroid by ultrasonography (USG). This patient of uterine fibroid, diagnosed as Granthi was treated with Kanchnar guggulu, Arogyavardhini vati, Kumaryasava, and Pushyanuga churna & Varunadi kashya. Only oral Ayurvedic drugs were used during the treatment. The patient’s condition was assessed for symptoms of uterine fibroid which was completely relieved. No evidence of uterine fibroid was seen in USG; therefore, it indicates the case of uterine fibroid was successfully and completely cured with Ayurvedic treatment. Surgical removal of uterine fibroid or cyst is the only curative treatment in contemporary modern medical science. Ayurveda may be successfully treated with oral Ayurvedic drugs and without surgical intervention.

Keywords: Granthi, Kanchnar Gugglu, Varunadi Kashaya, Fibroid, Leiomyomas.