@article{Meemansa_Manish Kumar Saini_2020, place={India.}, title={A LITERARY REVIEW TO UNDERSTAND SAMPRAPTI OF NASHTARTAVA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PCOS}, volume={7}, url={https://ayushdhara.in/index.php/ayushdhara/article/view/612}, DOI={10.47070/ayushdhara.v7i4.612}, abstractNote={<p>PCOS is mainly characterised with abnormalities in the metabolism of androgens and estrogen and control of androgen production and can result from abnormal function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. The incidence of PCOS in adolescent and reproductive age women is increasing alarmingly due to westernized culture, faulty dietary habits &amp; lifestyle, rapid urbanization, excessive work load etc. In <em>Ayurveda</em> literature no as such direct correlation of PCOS with any disease is found, though symptomatically menstrual abnormalities amenorrhea or delayed cycle etc. can be correlated with <em>Lakshana</em> and <em>Samprapti</em> of <em>Nashtartava, Artavakshaya</em>. According to <em>Acharya Sushruta </em>in <em>Nashtartava,</em> <em>artava</em> is obstructed by vitiated <em>Doshas</em> and in <em>Artavakshaya</em> menstruation is delayed, menstrual blood is scanty and associated with pain in Vagina. Mainly <em>Dushti</em> of <em>Rasadi Dhatu </em>occurs<em>, </em>resulting in improper formation of <em>Upadhatu </em>i.e., <em>Artava. </em>&nbsp;The features of PCOS may also be correlated with <em>Pushpaghni Jataharini</em> that is described in Ayurvedic classics (<em>Kashyapa Samhita</em>) having the clinical features of futile ovulation (<em>Vrutha Pushpa</em>) and corpulent hairy cheek (<em>Sthula Lomashaganda</em>). In this Article an attempt is made to understand the specific <em>Artava Nasha</em> feature in relation to <em>Nashtartava</em> <em>Samprapti</em> and to find approach for the treatment from the basal level. Conclusive treatment modalities obtained are i.e., <em>Nidanaparivarjana, Sanshodhana, Agneya Dravya </em>uses in PCOS.</p>}, number={4}, journal={AYUSHDHARA}, author={Meemansa and Manish Kumar Saini}, year={2020}, month={Sep.}, pages={2859-2863} }