Volume : X, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

REVIEW ON MALE INFERTILITY IN AYURVEDIC CLASSICS W.S.R TO SHUKRA KSHAYA

Dr. Sudha Dev D S, Dr. Ambili Krishna, Dr. T. K Sujan

Abstract :

Male infertility is one of the major agonozing issue in the present fast moving world. Among the male factor, Azoospermia and Oligospermia contribute its own significance The ancient wisdom of medicine describes about the similar conditions in various classical texts,such as Ashukra,Alpa shukra,Ksheena shukra,Ksheena Retas,Shanda,Klaibya,Napumsaka,Shukra dosha at various contexts. Ksheena shukra is told by Charaka in Sutrastana Kiyantasirasiyam adhyayam also shows Shukra avisarga and Klaibya as its lakshanas. And in sareerastana Atulya gotriyam adhyayam mentions eight types of Klaibya which has the conditions like Alpa virya,Abija,Dushta bija and Bija dourbalya. Yonivyapat chikitsitam adhyaya describes Sukra doshas as well as chaturvidha Klaibya. And Alpa shukrata is there in Vataja Sukra dosha. Nirbija is told as one of the samanya lakshana of Klaibya. Shukra anutpada is there in Bijopaghaja kalibya. There occurs Shukrakshaya as the result of Rasadi dhatu kshaya and due to Avrisya sevana during oldage in Jarasambhavaja Klaibya. Shukrakshaya is also observed in Kshyaja klaibya because of the Rasadi dhatu kshaya due to dietic,emotional factors. Susrutacharya says Alpa shukrata in the parents of Asekya Shanda and Ashukra is in Shandaka. He also told Shukra kshayaja klaibyam among the six types of Klaibya. Alpa praseka is one of the symptom in Ksheena shukra dosha. Ashtanga sangraha also told Alpa shukra in Vataja shukra dosha. Ayurveda elaborate the management of all problems related with male fertility in a separate anch called Vajikarana. Ayurvedic concept of male infertility and its modern correlations are presented in this review article.

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REVIEW ON MALE INFERTILITY IN AYURVEDIC CLASSICS W.S.R TO SHUKRA KSHAYA, Dr. Sudha Dev D S, Dr. Ambili Krishna, Dr. T.K Sujan INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-8 | August-2020


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