TY - JOUR AU - G Sri Harshitha, AU - Sunitha Joshi, AU - A. Sulochana, AU - Yogitha Bali M.R, AU - Divya Nagari N, AU - Manisha Rajput, PY - 2020/06/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A CLINICAL STUDY OF DRAKSHA GRITHA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ANAEMIA IN PREGNANCY (GARBHINI PANDU) JF - AYUSHDHARA JA - Ayushdhara VL - 7 IS - 2 SE - DO - 10.47070/ayushdhara.v7i2.527 UR - https://ayushdhara.in/index.php/ayushdhara/article/view/527 SP - 2591-2598 AB - <p>A woman requires more nutrition during pregnancy, which is a physiological condition. When compared to non-pregnant women, a pregnant woman needs 2-3 times the amount of iron than usual. <em>Pandu</em> means pallor of body which can be correlated with 'Anemia' of modern science. Many references in Ayurvedic classics denote that <em>Garbhini</em> <em>Pandu</em> is available.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>30 patients of <em>Garbhini Pandu</em> were selected from OPD and IPD of Prasuti Tantra and Stree Roga department from Dr. BRKR GAMC, Hyderabad and were administered 15ml of <em>Drakshaghrita</em> twice daily (morning and evening) on empty stomach orally along with <em>Anupana</em> of <em>Sukoshnadugdha</em> consecutively for 90 days.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Statistically highly significant results were seen in Pallor, <em>Glossitis, Bhrama, Hrudrava</em>, Hb% and edema of the lower extremity with p&lt; 0.001.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study showed that <em>Draksha Gritha</em> is effective in the management of <em>Garbhini Pandu.</em></p> ER -