A Literary Review of Garbhashayarbuda in Ayurveda w.s.r. to Uterine Fibroid

Abstract

Uterine fibroids are most common disease of women in reproductive age.  Though uterine fibroids are benign in Nature; they reveal a wide range of  symptoms like metrorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia, low back pain etc.  Morden treatment protocols include hormonal therapy, myomectomy  hysterectomy, and uterine artery embolization. Unwillingness for sustained  hormone therapy and panic for surgery brings patients towards to Ayurveda.  Ayurveda classics mention various pathological conditions that have features  similar to fibroids. Ayurveda it is mandatory to know the correlation of uterine  fibroids with Garbhashayarbuda. Arbuda is the disease described in Ayurvedic  Samhitas and its corresponds to tumours. The treatment is aimed towards  reducing the size of fibroids using Ushna, Tikshna, Lekhana Dravyas along  with management of symptoms. So this article focuses on potentials of  Ayurveda in management of different aspects of uterine fibroid.