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== Woman's health issues in current time and how Ayurveda can help ==

== Woman's health issues in current time and how Ayurveda can help ==

With westernization and adoption of lifestyle that is not in tune with the nature woma

With westernization and adoption of modern lifestyle which is not in tune with the nature, health of a woman is adversely affected. Modern day woman have all kinds of roles to fill in. They are expected to be feminine and masculine; powerful and gentle; attractive and motherly at the same time. This has led to build an excessive amount of stress, anxiety and tension in a woman right from her childhood. In the pursuit of her dreams and pressure to balance all these aspects smartly, somewhere the health is not given priority and thus neglected. The lifestyle and diet which are backbone of the health and well-being in any individual are not always carefully selected. Increase in the stress levels is directly proportional to the hormonal imbalances and menstrual disorders.<ref>Ekpenyong CE, Davis KJ, Akpan UP, Daniel NE. Academic stress and menstrual disorders among female undergraduates in Uyo, South Eastern Nigeria - the need for health education. Niger J Physiol Sci. 2011;26:193–198</ref> <ref>Zhou M, Wege N, Gu H, Shang L, Li J, Siegrist J. Work and family stress is associated with menstrual disorders but not with fibrocystic changes: cross-sectional findings in Chinese working women. J Occup Health. 2010;52:361–366.</ref> <ref>Rafique N, Al-Sheikh MH. Prevalence of menstrual problems and their association with psychological stress in young female students studying health sciences. ''Saudi Med J''. 2018;39(1):67-73. doi:10.15537/smj.2018.1.21438</ref> At the same time unwholesome diet which is deficient in necessary nutrients and sedentary stressful lifestyle untuned to the biological clock inside body negetively impacts health leading to weaker constitution and low immunity. It is seen that now-a-days there is high incidence of a variety of menstrual health problems in pre-menarche, during menstruation, perimenopause and postmenopause. PCOS like conditions are widely prevalent in today's woman causing menstrual irregularities and infertility. <ref>Mehreen TS, Ranjani H, Kamalesh R, Ram U, Anjana RM, Mohan V. Prevalence of polycystic ovarian syndrome among adolescents and young women in India. J Diabetol 2021;12:319-25</ref> Therefore there is an urgent need of measures for prevention and control of generalized an well as reproductive health disorders in woman. The ancient shastra of Ayurveda has already given the ways to prevent these disorders and preserve a woman health. Thus there is need to adopt the various paricharyas related to different phases of woman life to as much extent as one can. Along with that natural herbal medicine and panchakarma therapies can definitely help modern day woman to preserve her health while trying to maintain the work-life balance. Here is brief account on the common health issues faced by today's women and how the wisdom of Ayurveda can help them come out of these conditions and preserve health and well-being. 

Thus, it is very difficult or rather next to impossible to follow the regimen as mentioned. Due to the adaptation to the western way of life there is aversion or rather ignorance towards our classical science. The so-called outdated system has lost its importance in today’s generation. In past few years there has been a drastic rise in the menstrual problems and infertility which is posing as a major threat to the present-day population. The symptoms like lower abdominal pain, backpain, mood swings, nausea etc are considered as associated symptoms of menstrual cycle and as normal. But our classics has mentioned that a normal menstruation should be devoid of pain burning sensation.

Thus, it is very difficult or rather next to impossible to follow the regimen as mentioned. Due to the adaptation to the western way of life there is aversion or rather ignorance towards our classical science. The so-called outdated system has lost its importance in today’s generation. In past few years there has been a drastic rise in the menstrual problems and infertility which is posing as a major threat to the present-day population. The symptoms like lower abdominal pain, backpain, mood swings, nausea etc are considered as associated symptoms of menstrual cycle and as normal. But our classics has mentioned that a normal menstruation should be devoid of pain burning sensation.