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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

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Udumbara (Ficus racemosa Willd.): A challenging drug in the management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

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Megha Gupta * and Anuradha Roy

Department of Prasuti Tantra, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
 
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(01), 121-126
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.1.1934
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.1.1934
 
Received on 14 August 2023; revised on 24 September 2023; accepted on 27 September 2023
 
Women of reproductive age frequently have heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), a common gynecological disease. It is characterized by excessive or prolonged menstrual bleeding that can interfere with a woman’s daily activities and physical, emotional, social, and psychological quality of life. It is defined as cyclic bleeding at normal intervals, the bleeding is either excessive in amount (>80ml) or duration (> 7 days), or both. In India reported prevalence of AUB is around 17.9%. HMB can have various impacts on a woman’s health. In Ayurveda, it may be explained in terms of asrigdara. In traditional drug practices, distinct parts (leaves, stem, root, fruit, seeds, latex, or even entire plant) of Ficus racemosa Willd. are used to manage HMB. Its Sanskrit name is Udumbara. Ficus racemosa Willd. has confirmed various pharmacological actions like hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic, anti-carcinogenic, antidiuretic, hepatoprotective, anti-ulcer, and antifungal. β-sitosterol and glauanol acetate are the phytoconstituent found. In the present review management of HMB with Udumbara as ekal dravya (single drug) with the expected mode of action has been explained. Most of the drug reviews have not explained the mode of action for managing HMB. Understanding the mode of action of Udumbara at different stages of shadkriyakala (stages of disease manifestation and management) of asrigdara will help better administration of the herb and also prevent complications.
 
Ayurveda; Asrigdara; Udumbara; Shadkriyakala
 
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Megha Gupta and Anuradha Roy. Udumbara (Ficus racemosa Willd.): A challenging drug in the management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(1), 121-126. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.1.1934

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