A Case Study on Ayurvedic Management of Hypothyroidism

Abstract

     Ayurveda is a living science that contains remedies for betterment of health. Now a days one of the most prevalent metabolic and endocrinal disorder observed in everyday practice is hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism occurs with derangement of thyroid hormones which has one and only management that is synthetic thyroid hormones supplementation which for long term use cause adverse effect. Hypothyroidism is classified as Anukta vyadhi in the Charak Samhita. The two primary doshas engaged in this vyadhi are vata and kapha. The current instance is one of the successful hypothyroidism cases. A 46-year-old female patient had suffered from weight gain, puffiness of face, pedal edema, generalized weakness, dryness of skin, hair fall, constipation, hyperacidity, and breathlessness, and these symptoms have increased fast in the last 2 months. Patient was known case of hypothyroidism for 5 years and has been on allopathic medication for the same. After two months of Ayurvedic therapy, the patient received Most of the symptoms of the condition were relieved, and the TSH level was lowered from 10.41 to 4.34. The present case study has focused on effectiveness of Ayurvedic management in primary hypothyroidism.