AN AYURVEDIC REVIEW ARTICLE ON BANDHYATVA WITH MODERN ANOVULATORY INFERTILITY AND ITS MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

Abstract

Infertility is encountered as a stressful condition by couples worldwide, impacting not just their physical and mental well-being but also placing financial strain on them. These days, a variety of variables, such as stress, a bad diet, and a sedentary lifestyle, pollution, impair both men's and women's fertility. In spite of years of trying, one in seven couple gets difficulties in conceiving. The reason for this is a combination of social, emotional and physiologic factors. About 25% of events might not be fully understood. Population growth and fertility rates have been progressively dropping throughout. In the female reproductive system, infertility may be caused by a range of abnormalities of the ovaries, uterus, fallopian tubes, and the endocrine system, among others. Infertility can be primary or secondary. Anovulation is the failure to produce a mature ovum by ovary. Anovulatory factor is an important subset in infertility among women accounting about 40% of cases. In such patients ovulation induction is a rescuer. Infertility brings marital disharmony, social rejection which results in anxiety and disappointment. “Infertility is a silent killer, just like cancer- it eats at one’s soul, as cancer eats at one’s body.” In Ayurveda, Vandhyatva is a Vata Dosha Pradhana Vyadi and Ovulation is under the control of Vata especially Apana Vata. The aim of this study is to understand Vandhyatva along with Anovulatory infertility and its management with Ayurveda. Ayurvedic management provides a promising, cost-effective avenue for addressing infertility disorders and enhances the success rates of in vitro fertilization (IVF), especially after previous unsuccessful attempts. Present paper aims to throw some light on the concept of infertility as per the concepts of Ayurveda.