Ayurvedic Approach To Management Of Hypothyroidism - A Case Study
International Journal of Development Research
Ayurvedic Approach To Management Of Hypothyroidism - A Case Study
rticle History: Received 19th October, 2020 Received in revised form 21st November, 2020 Accepted 09th December, 2020 Published online 30th January, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Debajyoti Das, Dipsundar Sahu, Tusar Kanti Mandal, Saroj Kumar Debnath, Laxmidhar Barik, Ranjita Ekka and Amit Kumar Dixit, 2021. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Thyroid disease is one of the most prevalent endocrine disorders worldwide. Hypothyroidism can result from any of a variety of abnormalities that lead to insufficient synthesis of thyroid hormones. Thyroid dysfunction prevalence is rising at an alarming rate in Indian population, more prevalent among the females. In modern science, the treatment of hypothyroidism is done by thyroxine hormone therapy for long time but this medication can lead to several side effects like chest pain or discomfort, difficult or labored breathing, extreme fatigue, irritability etc. However in recent times, hypothyroidism can be well managed with Ayurvedic medication.In present study, a hypothyroid case has been treated successfully with combination of Kanchanar guggulu, Trikatu churna and Vidanga churna. After 3 months of treatment the patient shows significant response on reduction of serum TSH level reduced from 9.51 to 2.84.The present case study has focused effectiveness of Ayurvedic medicines in primary hypothyroidism.
