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facial acne, pelvic pain, and infertility.
Hormonal medications are used to
induce ovulation in women with PCOS
trying to conceive. Some antidiabetic
drugs can also improve fertility.
Cosmetic treatments are given for facial activate insulin uptake into the cell.
hair, acne, and scalp baldness. And hair Insulin levels build up in the blood,
loss can be managed topically or with
oral medications that lower androgen
levels.
According to Ayurveda, artava-
kshaya or loss of reproductive tissue
is correlated with PCOS. This is a
disorder involving all three doshas
(vata, pitta, kapha), the tissues of meda
(fat), rasa (plasma), rakta (blood), and
shukra/artava (reproductive) and the
corresponding bodily channels. But
kapha vitiation is the predominant
dosha in PCOS because it is responsible show up as symptoms of increased
for lubricating and nourishing the
reproductive tract and supporting
the growth of the follicle along with
thickening of the endometrial lining in
preparation for possible fertilization of
the egg.
Inappropriate diet and lifestyle cause
kapha ama formation in the digestive
tract, which diminishes digestive
fire under the influence of the heavy,
cold, sticky qualities of kapha. Food
is improperly digested, accumulated
ama (toxins) move out of the GI tract
and enters rasavaha srota (circulation),
causing it to become sticky and heavy
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and lowers overall immunity. The ama
also coats individual cells, lowering
cellular intelligence, so that receptors
on the cell surface fail to recognize
glucose molecules that normally
move to artava dhatu, where the
insulin interacts with receptors on the
ovaries causing androgen formation
and prevents ovulation of the follicle.
Another mistake of cellular intelligence
is expressed through the inhibition
of apoptosis, the natural death of the
defective follicle, which then transforms
into a cyst on the ovary. Finally, the
same kapha ama moves through the
channels to meda dhatu (fat tissue)
and becomes obesity. The multiple
imbalances in kapha dosha in PCOS
weight, infertility, hirsutism, insulin
resistance, and diabetes. Pitta imbalance
in PCOS is seen as hair loss, acne,
irregular menstrual blood flow and
clots. Kapha ama also causes stagnation
of apana vayu, obstructing ovulation
and causing scanty or lack of menstrual
outflow. Vata blockage not only prevents
outward flow, it also leads to further
accumulation of kapha and pitta.
The ayurvedic treatment of PCOS is
to clear the obstruction in the pelvis,
normalize metabolism and regulate
the menstrual system. Kapha reducing
herbal formulations such as decoction