Ayurvedic management of Mutrakrichchha with special reference to urinary tract infection: A Case Study

Sachinkumar Sahebrao Patil * and Mrunal Chandrakant Khilare

Department of Kayachikitsa, M.A.M.’s Sumatibhai Shah AyurvedMahavidyala, Malwadi, Hadapasar, Pune - 411028, Maharashtra State, India.
 
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 16(02), 713-715
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.2.1185
 
Publication history: 
Received on 07 October 2022; revised on 14 November 2022; accepted on 17 November 2022
 
Abstract: 
Mutrakrichchha comes under the disorders of Mutravaha Strotas and mainly deals with shoola (pain) and krichhchrata  (dysuria)1. Acharya Charaka has described eight types of Mutrakrichchha. Acharya Charaka has also mentioned 8 types of Mutragatha. The above-mentioned symptomatology has close resemblance with urinary tract infections,as described in modern texts specifically lower urinary tract infections (urethritis and cystitis). Here we reported a new case of Mutrakrichcha (Chronic Cystitis), a 50 year old female patient consulted to OPD with complain of Mutradaha, Adhoudar Shula, Sarvang Daha Anubhuti for 6 years intermittently, this case manages with internal medicines Gokshuradi Churna Phanta, Chandraprabha Vati,Gomutra Haritaki and Punarnava Arishta which are having the common properties of Shothahara, Vranaropan, Mutrarogaghna.
 
Keywords: 
Cystitis; Mutrakrichchha; Shamana Aushadhis; Urinary tract infection
 
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