Garbhasanskara
GARBHASANSKARA IMPLANTING A SEED TO LIFE
According to World Health Organisation, Preconception care is the provision of biomedical, behavioural and social health interventions to women and couples before conception. It aims at improving their health status and reducing behaviours and individual environmental factors that contribute to poor maternal and child health outcomes.
Ayurveda, the science of life explained every aspect of life from daily regimen, seasonal, regimen, menstrual regimen, do’s and don’ts in different diseases, prevention, causative factors and treatment of diseases. Along with these, Ayurveda also throw light on pre- conception care at different contexts. In present era, the incidence of congenital anomalies is increasing day by day. The first cohort study in India revealed that the congenital anomaly rates were high, affecting 1 in 44 births in the cohort. This highlights their public health importance.
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By following the Ayurvedic regimens before conception, will surely help to prevent such problems to a great extent by improving the parental health there by improving the quality of sperm and ovum and formation of a health embryo. Ayurveda explains pre- conception care starting from the age preferable for pregnancy, factors responsible for pregnancy, how to perform the act of coitus to get sreshta praja etc. Rajaswalacharya( Mode of living during menstruation ) During the first 3 days of periods, women should remain isolated. She should avoid sleeping during day time, application of kajal, crying, bathing, oil anointing, massaging, cutting of nails, fast racing, laughing, talking too much, listening to too many topics, combing, fast wind as well as excessive exercises. She should sleep on bed of darbha (A type of scared
