A randomized controlled clinical trial to study the efficacy of Yavakshara Madhu Pratisarana in Garbhashayagrivagata Vrana (Cervical Erosion)

Abstract

Woman has to go through many functions like conception, childbirth resulting in different physiological changes, some pathological conditions also. Not all life threatening but some are troublesome. Cervical erosion is one among them, condition where squamous epithelium of ectocervix is replaced by columnar epithelium, which is continuous with endocervix.^[1] It needs special concern if left untreated may leads to infertility and predisposes to malignancy. The treatment in modern medicine cauterization, cryosurgery and laser vaporization are having side effects like secondary infertility, bleeding per vagina, stenosis, accidental burns, infections, etc. So, there is need of safe and effective treatment keeping this in mind, A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted to study the efficacy of Yavakshara Madhu Pratisarana in Garbhashayagrivagata Vrana (Cervical Erosion) on 60 patients selected from Streeroga-Prasutitantra OPD of Government Ayurvedic Hospital, Osmanabad in two groups.  Trial Group A - Yava Kshara Madhu Pratisarana & Control Group B - Triphala Kashaya Yonidhavana for 7 days starting from 7^th day of menstrual cycle for 2 consecutive menstrual cycle. The effect of treatment has showed statistically highly significant results in both the groups Trial group has shown better effect in reducing the symptoms than control group.