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Case report, 2022

Does Punarnavadi Guggulu help PMS?

One woman with severe PMS reported complete relief of her symptoms after taking Punarnavadi Guggulu, an Ayurvedic herbal combination. However, this is based on just one case.

Early or limited evidence One woman with severe PMS

What they did

A woman with severe PMS was given Punarnavadi Guggulu, an Ayurvedic herbal medicine made from five plant ingredients. Her symptoms were measured before and after treatment using a standard screening tool.

What they found

Her PMS symptom score dropped from 40 (severe PMS) to 0 (no or doubtful PMS), with 100% relief reported.

What it means for you

This shows one woman's response to the herbal medicine, but because it is just one case with no control group, we cannot be sure how well it would work for others or how long the relief would last.

40

starting symptom score

0

symptom score after treatment

100%

relief reported

About the study

Original title
EFFECT OF PUNARNAVADI GUGGULU IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME – A SINGLE CASE STUDY
Journal
International Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Allied Sciences
Year
2022
Study design
Case report
What was tested
Punarnavadi Guggulu, an Ayurvedic herbal medicine with five plant ingredients
Open access
Yes
Original abstract

Premenstrual Syndrome is an entity about which people are not much aware.No too much studies have been yet done for this particular condition.Women deals with this condition very casually.Menstruation plays an important role in women's reproductive life to get a healthy progeny.Any deviation from normalcy, indicative of any abnormality in the reproductive cycle causes a great impact on the quality of a woman's physical, emotional, social and reproductive life.Premenstrual Syndrome is the cyclical occurance of certain symptoms just prior to menses in the luteal phase of the cycle, which get resolved spontaneously on the onset of menses or just after 2 to 3 days of menses.The symptoms do not reappear within the next 13 days or before the luteal phase.A wide range of symptoms occurs in PMS.In this study "Punarnavadi Guggulu" was given for Premenstrual Syndrome, which is a combination of mainly 5 drugs namely Punarnava, Devdaru, Guduchi, Haritaki, Guggulu, and Erand Tail as bhawana dravya.Diagnosis of PMS was confirmed by the complaints described by the patients and scoring was done with the help of a screening tool (based on PMTS-OR scale).Assessment was done before treatment and after the completion of observational cycle.The patient had a pre-intervention score of 40 which was a severe grade of PMS.After the intervention and the observation period, she had a score of 0 corresponding to doubtful or absent PMS with 100% relief.The patient thus had complete

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