AN OUTLOOK ON GARBHINI PARICHARYA: ANTENATAL CARE ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA

Abstract

Motherhood is the most crucial and life changing event in a woman’s life, which brings about a lot of metamorphic changes in the body right from conception. Every woman desires a hassle free pregnancy and childbirth without any complications. But the lifestyle and diet that has been followed in today’s scenario which includes improper meal and sleep schedule, sedentary lifestyle which are responsible for various ailments in pregnancy. The prime mo-tive of Ayurveda is to achieve optimum health by adopting proper lifestyle and dietary modi-fications. Since pregnancy is a dynamic process of fetal growth inside the womb, taking care of a pregnant woman is a critical task. Ayurveda provides herbal remedies, dietary regimen and lifestyle modulation for antenatal period in the form of Garbhini Paricharya. Imple-menting Proper month wise Garbhini Paricharya in antenatal period can reduce various dis-orders like Morning sickness, pregnancy anemia, pre eclampsia, IUGR and oligohydramnios. The procedures stated in Garbhini Parichaya also promote normal vaginal delivery and safe childbirth. This article is a humble attempt of introducing various codes of conduct sug-gested by Ayurveda to be followed in the antenatal period and discussing the benefits of imposing it.