Article: CURRENT RESEARCH UPDATES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HYPOTHYROIDISM BY AYURVEDA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Article Category: Review articles

DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.1204125

Pages: 149-153

Author: Satyajit Pandurang Kulkarni *, Pallavi Satyajit Kulkarni

Abstract: Hypothyroidism is one of the challenging disorders and the burden of this disorder has been growing. The prevalence of the hypothyroidism is 11% in India. This is alarming situation, and it has made many researchers to find solutions in Ayurveda. There are many research articles published on the diagnosis & management of Hypothyroidism as per Ayurveda. It was needed to update the Ayurvedic drugs, procedures proved efficacious in the management of hypothyroidism. Therefore, we made a literature search using certain keywords in various search engines. Total 12 research articles, case studies/series were included. They were summarized, analyzed for search results, and concluded that most of the studies on Hypothyroidism had too low sample size. Secondly, there should be multicentric clinical trials of Ayurvedic drugs. It is also needed that; the research should be done on, if the Ayurvedic medicines to surpass the research on modern medicines for hypothyroidism or can be prescribed as supplementary medication.

Keyword: Hypothyroidism, Ayurveda, Review