Abstract

Dr. Sridevi Swami and Dr. Archana Vastrad*

ABSTRACT

Pregnancy is beautiful phase because it gives a woman the joy and fulfillment which comes from bringing a new life in to the world. pregnancy is a physiological condition where a women requires more nutrition. when compared to non-pregnant women, a pregnant women need 2-3 times the amount of iron. During pregnancy plasma volume expands maximum around 32 weeks, resulting in haemoglobin level below 10.0gms/dl at any time during pregnancy is considered as anemia. pandu means pallor of body which can be correlated with ‘anemia’ of modern science, acharya kashyapa explained that like other disorders samprapti of pandu is also similar in garbhini so all narration mentioned in ayurvedic classics regarding pandu is applicable to garbhini pandu, acharya charaka in sharira sthana has explained about bala varnahani of garbhini in 6 th month of pregnancy, it can be considered as reference for garbhini pandu.draksha has got vatapitta shamaka, raktha prasadana, garbha sthapaka, jeevaniya, balya and brahmana properties. ghrita is vatapittahara , it also shows sanskaramanuvartate (????????????????) property hence ghrita and draksha both are suitable drugs for garbhani pandu (anemia in pregnancy).so Draksha Ghruta is treatment of choice. Margret Bafour was credited as the first to draw the attention on anemia in pregnancy in india. Objective: This study was carried out to know the efficacy of Draksha Ghrita in Garbhini pandu (Anemia in pregnancy). Methods: 15 ml of Draksha Grita twice daily (morning and evening) on empty stomach orally along with anupana of sukoshana dugdha for 60 days continuously.