A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF SUKHPRASAVKAR LEPA, MATRA VASTI AND YONI PICHU ON AMELIORATING THE PROCESS OF LABOUR

Abstract

In today's era safe and healthy motherhood is a challenge and forming a major area of concern, finds special emphasis in Ayurveda as antenatal care (Garbhini Paricharya). World Health Organization (WHO) has been warning about the rising rate of C-section in the world and recommends that countries should maintain a rate of 10-15%. Pregnancy is challenging time for a woman as it changes the woman both physically as well as psychologically, so the study is aimed to provide natural, cost effective procedure, to bring down the rate of mortality and morbidity and to ease the delivery by simple measures. Total 60 pregnant women were randomly selected for the clinical trial. The efficacy of oil enema and vaginal tampoon on cervical status and progress of labour along with comparative study of two medicated pastes were evaluated for their effect on progress, duration of stages of labour and pattern of uterine contractions for augmentation of labour. Maximum number i.e. 96.55% women of group I and 84% of group II delivered vaginally with small episiotomy. Therapy had good effect on cervical ripening and shortens the duration of stages of labour with favorable Bishop's score showing significant results (p < .001). The therapeutic intervention shortened the duration of three stages of labour and had highly significant results as compared to standard data. It reduces intensity of pain felt by pregnant women during the course of labour.Copyright © 2016-2017 IJRAP.