A CLINICAL STUDY OF SHUKRA KSHAYA W.S.R TO OLIGOSPERMIA AND THE EFFECT OF KOKILAKSHADHI YOGAM WITH BALADHI YAPANA BASTI

Abstract

Perpetuation of species is the basic phenomenon in nature. Since the beginning of the recorded history the human race has placed a great emphasis on fertility. Acharya Charaka has described a person without progeny is like a tree without branches and fruits with an unwanted smell, like a chitra dweepa i.e., a lamp in sketches rather an actual lamp which illuminates light¹. Infertility seldom causes any physical debility, but it severely affects the couples in their psychological harmony, sexual life and social activity. Ayurveda being the science of life not only deals with health and illness but also gives importance to socio religious and philosophical aspects, one among these is Chaturvidha Purusharthas (Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha) of which Moksha the ultimate goal is obtained only by the righteous deeds to which being healthy is a prime factor. One can’t attain these without progeny.