Ayurvedic measures to minimize need of Hysterectomy

Abstract

Menopause is not just cessation of menstruation; it is depletion of ovarian follicles leading to decrease in ovarian hormones. A woman who has undergone hysterectomy but retains her ovaries will experience cessation of menstruation and not oestrogen deficiency syndrome just after it. In such cases the depletion of oocytes would occur earlier and thus women will perceive menopausal changes earlier than natural menopause. It shows that hysterectomy with or without oophorectomy leads to surgical menopause. Many times hysterectomy is done for such conditions which can be treated by medicines. In modern science, as there is no certain treatment for some diseases and the recurrences occur, hysterectomy becomes the solution. Ayurveda has mentioned such therapies which act locally as well as systemically and arrest the disease to get advanced or relapsed.