The Bio-Physiological and Socio-Economic Profile of Mutrashmari Patients

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  • Akshay Suden Associate Professor, Shalya tantra, College of Ayurveda Education & Research, Kalawati Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital,Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Bio-Physiological, Mutrashmari

Abstract

in the suburbs of Jammu ( Jammu & Kashmir State ) to  assess the comparative efficacy of Kullutha(K), Shwet  Parpati(SP) – a mineral compound, singly as well as jointly i.e.  K+SP, to evaluate their effects on a random sample of ten  mutrashmari patients allocated to each in 2012-13. This article  presents the bio-physiological and socio-economic profile of the  sample patients as follows Seventy percent of the cases were in the 3rd and 4th decades i.e. 21– 40 years age band. The gender ratio was :  Female : Male : : 1: 1.72. Eighty-three percent were Hindu and  the rest were Muslim. About 73.3 had rural background and the  rest 26.7 % were from urban areas. Occupationally, 66.7 %  belonged to the working class viz. farming (43.4%) and labour  (23.3%). Seventy percent cases were either Higher Sec. pass are  above and only 80.0 % of them were married. The lower socio-economic classes made up 63.0% of the  sample. Only 16.6 % and 10. 0 % belonged to sthenic and pthisical categories respectively. The patients  belonging to pthisical and other sicknesses were in the first stage i.e. curable and were on treatment.  Addiction to tea was 100 %, tobacco chewing and smoking 70 % each and alcohol 66.7 % . Fifty per cent  cases reported disturbed sleep while 46.7 % reported normal sleep. Fifty percent of the cases consumed  

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Published

2020-01-31

How to Cite

Suden , A. (2020). The Bio-Physiological and Socio-Economic Profile of Mutrashmari Patients. International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga, 3(1), 59–79. https://doi.org/10.48165/