Ayurvedic preparations for the management of Iron Deficiency Anemia: A systematic review

Ayu
Janmejaya Samal

Abstract

Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is a global public health crisis, so also in India. As per the World Health Organization's report, half of the total anemia is IDA. Ayurveda offers several formulations for the management of IDA. Given in this context, a systematic review was carried out to understand the role of Ayurvedic formulations for the management of IDA. For this purpose, articles were obtained from PubMed and through hand search process. Of the 37 articles identified, 10 articles were finally selected for the review. Of the 10 studies identified, 3 studies were (n= 10) exclusively focused on pregnant women, 2 studies (n= 10) were exclusively focused on pediatric age group, 1 study (n= 10) was exclusively focused on geriatric anemia and 4 studies (n= 10) were focused on general population. The response of most of the Ayurvedic formulations was better than Allopathic formulations and there was no untoward effect as observed with iron salts. Statistically significant results were obtained in favor of most of the Ayurvedic formulations in subjective and hematological parameters. Among six different formulations,Sarva-Jvara-Hara Lauhais suggested as the drug of choice for IDA as the Hb regeneration with this drug is highest- 0.1...Continue Reading

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