TO STUDY CLINICAL EFFICACY OF DADIMADI GHRITA IN PANDU

Abstract

Ayurveda is a branch of science which deals with maintaining health and treating the diseased condition of the body. Nourishment is point of concern in today’s modern era. It has drastic issue in the most developing and undeveloped countries. There are many number of disorders, which arises due to deficiency of nutrition like vitamin, minerals etc. Anaemia or Pandu is one of the nutritional deficiency disorder. There is prevalence of 25% in adult men, 57 % in adult women, 31.1 % in adolescent boys, 59.1 % in adolescent girls, 52.2 % in pregnant women and 67.1 % in children. These figure have been extracted from fifth national family health survey conducted during 2019-2021. Mostly females are affected in this disorder. Pandu vyadhi affects health seriously and it has effect on the working ability of the individual also. WHO has given its more prevalence and effect in under developed and developing countries. It causes due to sedentary lifestyle, low socio economic status, illiteracy, modern lifestyle. Modern medicine as well as Ayurveda has given vast line of treatment of this disorder. Dadimadi Ghrita is one drug mentioned in Charaksamhita, which is cost effective, easily available and effective medicine. Present study is an attempt to study clinical efficacy of Dadimadi Ghrita in Pandu vyadhi.