Sutika Paricharya- A literary review

Abstract

A woman goes from various transformation in her life , from a girl to a woman at menarche and from a woman to a mother at the birth of a baby and from mother to menopause is another transformation . During all these transformations a female has to undergo lot of physical , physiological , hormonal  , psychological changes .  At the birth of the baby during labour females undergo lots of physical exertion , loss of body fluid and emotional setback . The period from expulsion of placenta , to the uterus coming to normal shape and size is considered as puerperal phase [sutika awastha}  which is about 45 days. During this period the female needs special care i.e sutikaopacharaya (puerperal regimen) so that the female gains all the losses and reaches pre pregnancy  status . All our classical text has mentioned sutika parichariya  which includes Ahar, vihar and oushadi.If this paricharya is not followed properly, one or other sutika vyadhi can develop in the females, which can sometimes become fatal .

Key words – sutika , oushadi , parichariya , menarche , menopause