A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Observational Study on Diet and Lifestyle Factors in Asrigdara with Special Reference to Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Abstract

Introduction: Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is one of the most frequent manifestations of gynecological problems in the modern era. It can be correlated to Asrigdara mentioned in Ayurveda which has two causes as per Ayurveda literature: Aharaja hetu (dietary factors) and viharaja hetu (lifestyle factors). As nidanparivarjana (avoidance of the causative factors) is one of the chief factors in the treatment and further progression of diseases, it is necessary to investigate the diet and lifestyle factors that contribute to AUB. The present study aimed to study the dietary and lifestyle factors in patients of asrigdara (AUB). Methods: A total of 100 patients diagnosed with asrigdara (AUB) from Outpatient Department of Prasutitantara and Striroga, National Institute of Ayurveda, (DU) Jaipur were enrolled. The subjects were interviewed with the help of questionnaire enlisting all the factors regarding the diet and lifestyle. Results: Among the dietary factors intake of payas (milk products) was found to be most common (74%), followed by viruddhahara (incompatible diet–73%), dadhi (curd–63%), lavana rasa (excessive salt–59%), katu rasa and vidahi ahara (spicy food–58%), guru and snigdhahara (high-fat diet–55%) amlarasa (sour diet–51%). Among the lifestyle factors shoka (stress) was found to be the most common (77%), followed by the habit of divasvapna (daysleep–49%) and atiyanagamana (excessive traveling–48%) on the daily basis. Conclusion: The consumption of milk products, viruddhahara and stress were found in maximum of the patients enrolled in this study.

Keywords

• abnormal uterine bleeding
• asrigdara
• diet
• lifestyle