Management of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension A Case Study

“Purnamiva tailapatra samkshobhayad garbhinim upachared iti”The famous verse of by our acharyas that depicts a pregnant women like a pot filled with oil where slight oscillation may cause spillage, likewise even a slight carelessness results in unsatisfactory outcome”. Pregnancy is a delicate stage where in many physiological and hormonal changes seen in pregnant women due to growing fetus. Hypertension is a common medical problem complicating pregnancy that contributes significantly to maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The incidence of Preeclampsia in India is reported to be 8 10 . According to study the prevelance of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy was 7.8 with preeclampsia in 5.4 of the study population in India. Hypertension is seen commonly now a days during pregnancy known as Pregnancy induced hypertension due to increased age of marriage and thus delayed conception. In Ayurveda there is no direct reference for PIH but Acharya Harita mentioned it as a shopha in upadravas of garbha in garbhinivyadhi. This is case selected from OPD of Prasuti tantra and streeroga of SVM Ayurvedic medical college, Ilkal, Primi 6 ½ month of gestational period along with PIH treated with Prabhakaravati, Punarnavamandura, Yashtimadhu and Gokshura churna ksheerapaka along with Tab Lababet 100 and cap depin 5mg and Garbha samskara with Pranav sadhana. This is a very well managed case of PIH. Dr. Akshata M Pujar | Dr. Shobha B Nadagouda | Dr. Satish Jalihal "Management of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension: A Case Study" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-2 , February 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49372.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/ayurvedic/49372/management-of-pregnancy-induced-hypertension-a-case-study/dr-akshata-m-pujar