Abstract
Objectives
Amenorrhoea in women of reproductive age may be an indication of an undiagnosed and chronic condition. The concept of temperament is a fundamental component of health preservation and diagnosis of various disease conditions including amenorrhoea in Unani medicine. Dystemperament is the commonest cause of various diseases. Therefore, general body temperament and uterine dystemperament in amenorrhoea was determined.
Methods
A prospective, single-centre, cross-sectional observational study from June to November 2019 was conducted in 80 patients of reproductive age with amenorrhoea ≥60 days. Validated questionnaire for the assessment of women’s general body temperament and clinical features of uterine dystemperament was used. The data were analysed by appropriate statistical analysis.
Results
The age of patients with amenorrhoea ranged from 14 to 50 years. The most prevalent general body temperament was cold (57.5%) and wet (60%). Cold and wet general temperament was more common at the age of 21–30 years (30 and 36.25%), 60–90 days of amenorrhoea (33.75 and 32.5%) and body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m2 (47.5 and 50%). The most prevalent uterine dystemperament was cold and dry (95%). A significant correlation between general temperament with age, amenorrhoea and BMI >23 kg/m2 was noted. Moreover, the cold temperament of the body had a significant correlation with cold uterine temperament (r=0.864, p<0.001).
Conclusions
This study corroborated the claim of Unani scholars that cold and wet general and uterine temperament is more common in amenorrhoea and obesity. However, amenorrhoea can also occur in normal and other temperaments.
Acknowledgments
We are thankful to the Director, Prof. Abdul Wadud, National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bengaluru, for encouraging and supporting us to conduct this research project. We appreciate Prof G. Sofi (Department of pharmacy) for statistical analysis and Dr Rushda Saeedi, Dr Marhaba Khanam, Dr Kahkahsan Baig and Dr MJ Fazmiya, PG scholars who cooperated with us in collecting the data for conducting this research.
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Research funding: The National Institute of Unani Medicine, Ministry of AYUSH, India provided all the facilities and supported to conduct this research project. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
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Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.
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Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.
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Ethical approval: The scientific and Ethical Committee approved the protocol for the intramural research project (IEC No: NIUM/IEC/2019-20/IRP/01). The study was performed based on the Good Clinical Practices (GCP) guidelines of Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India, and the Helsinki Declaration.
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- Frontmatter
- Reviews
- Swarna Prashana – faith in the embrace of research
- A review on the concept of aging in Ayurveda literature
- Ethno-pharmacology of Asaroon (Asarum europaeum L.) with special reference to Unani System of Medicine
- Is Trikatu an ayurvedic formulation effective for the management of flu-like illness? A narrative review
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- Research Articles
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- Optimization of water-based ultrasonic-microwave assisted extraction (UMAE) of bioactive compounds from Garcinia mangostana pericarp
- Proximate analysis, HPTLC finger print analysis and multi spectrometric analysis of Strychnos nux-vomica nuts
- Amelioration of sodium fluoride induced oxidative stress by Cynometra travancorica Bedd in mice
- The effects of saffron petals and damask rose petals on biochemical and inflammatory measurements
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- Investigating the effect of the Teucrium polium aqueous extract on the liver of the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats
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