Ayurvedic Treatment for Infertility – MALE AND FEMALE
According to the research, 1 in 10 couples have a problem with conception, and the situation is getting worse day by day. The significant reasons are lifestyle and diet disorders. The result of female Infertility treatment in Ayurveda and Ayurvedic Panchakarma Treatment for Infertility is inevitable.
Vedic Ayurveda is Ayurvedic Treatment for Infertility & promotes the use of Male infertility treatment in Dehradun to correct infertility and to achieve pregnancy successfully.
“It’s hard to wait around for something you know might never happen, but it’s even harder to give up when you know it’s everything you want.”
Ayurveda is a medicine and philosophy that brings completeness to society. Infertility, or Vandhatva, is not mentioned as a disease in Ayurveda. It is a condition arising as a complication of various diseases or disorders of the menstrual cycle and hormonal balance.
Infertility in Female
Infertility is the inability of a woman to conceive a child. This is after a year of regular sexual intercourse without the use of contraceptives. It is both a physiological and emotional problem for the couple.
Infertility implies the apparent failure of a couple to conceive after one year of unprotected and regular intercourse.
Causes Of Female Infertility
- Dyspareunia and vaginal causes
- Congenital defects in genital tracts
- Infection in lower genital tracts
- Cervical factors
- Uterine causes
- Tubal factors
- Ovaries
- Peritoneal causes
- Chronic ill-health
Treatment Options In Female Infertility
– Management Of Tubal Infertility
- In vitro fertilization
- Balloon tuboplasty and cannulation
- Gamete intrafallopian transfer
-Management Of Anovulation
Anovulation is a common problem encountered in infertility. Several endocrine disturbances can contribute to its occurrence.
1) clomiphene citrate
2) combination of CC+hMG –in PCOD ovulation is induced by this combination
3) combination of hMG+hCG
4) gonadotropin releasing hormone
5) prednisolone
6) laparoscopic ovarian drilling- done in women with PCOD in whom induction of ovulation with a median line of treatment failed.
Assisted Reproductive Technology
It refers to any fertility treatment in which the gametes (sperms and eggs) are manipulated.
Types Of Art Procedures In Practice
- in vitro fertilization (IVF)
- gamete intra fallopian transfer (GIFT)
- zygote intra fallopian transfer (ZIFT)
- intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
- ovum donation
- surrogacy and posthumous reproduction
Causes Of Female Infertility In Ayurveda
Yonivyapada (gynaecological disorder)
– Caused by aggravated vata (vayu).
– Defect in reproductive system causes infertility in females.
According to charakasamhitasutrasthan chapter 19, there are 20 different diseases in the female reproductive system which leads to infertility in females due to-
– Mithyacharana- wrong regime
– Pradushtaaartava- menstrual morbidities,
– Beejadosha-defective genes,ovam
Treatment option of female infertility in Ayurveda
treatment in Ayurveda is according to the aggravated doshas.
– Vatajanyayonirog (due to aggravated vayu)-
- vayu suppressing herbs
- snehan-oleation
- swedana-sudation
- basti karma-enema
– Pittajayonirogas
- cooling therapy administered
– Kaphajayonirogas
- ruksha and ushna-dry and hot treatment
Ayurvedic treatment for infertility in female
– balatel
– kashmaryadighrit
– pippiliyadiyog(piper longum)
– vrishkadichurna(adhathodavasica powder)
– brihatshatavarighrit (shatavari asparagus)
– pushyanugachurna(cures uterine and menstrual disorder)
Infertility in Male
According to Ayurveda, the formation of a zygote takes place only when there is no impairment in the given below-
- garbhashaya (uterus)
- shukra (sperms)
- aartava (menstruation)
In Charakasamhita, semen defects are compared with a seed, which fails to germinate due to unseasonal rainfall, insects, and heat; similarly, polluted semen fails to create offspring.
Causes of infertility in males
- Disorder of spermatogenesis
- hormonal disorder
- primary testicular disorders
2) Duct obstruction
3) Accessory gland disorders
4) Disorder of sperm and vesicular fluids
5 ) Sexual dysfunction
6) Psychological factors and environmental factors
Treatment Options in Male Infertility
- Management of azoospermia
- Hormonal therapy
- Psychological consideration
- IVF, GIFT, ICSI
- Micro-assisted fertilization (MAF) in vitro
- Epididymal or testicular aspiration
Causes Of Male Infertility In Ayurveda
Charakasamhita describes eight seminal morbidities
- Phenil (frothy)
- Tanu (thin)
- Ruksha (dry)
- Vivarna (discoloured)
- Puti (bad smell)
- Pichila (slimy)
- Anyadhatusansrishta (mixed with other tissue)
- Avamadi (clink or extreme weakness when semen comes out)
- impotency (napusankta)-
Depending upon the factor causing infertility, impotence is of 4 types
a) beejaupghata (defect in sperm)
b) dhwajaupghata (erectile dysfunction)
e) vridhawastha (old age)
f) shukrachaya (excessive loss of semen)
Ayurvedic treatment for infertility in male
- chyawanprash
- shilajit
- ghee, milk, non-veg soup, shaalichawal (high protein rice), and basti karma (medicated enema) are helpful for the treatment of 8 types of seminal morbidities.
- Brihanigutika
- Shatavarighrit
- ashwagandha
Karmas before pharmacological administration for infertility treatment in males
- Charakasamhita explains that just like a plain white cloth gets dyed better than an already-dyed one, the body should be detoxified before using vajikarana herbs for the best results.
- Purvakarma- vaman, virechan
- Anuvasanabasti (enema with medicated oil or ghee) with niruhabasti (herbal decoction enema)
- Thus, it can be concluded that infertility can be cured with proper medication and the right precautions.