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Menstrual problems are of various types. Many women’s suffer from painful menstruation. Some women’s experience scanty flow while some have too heavy or too frequent periods. There are women, who don’t get periods for several months together. Ayurvedic treatment for menstrual irregularities helps a lot in treating it successfully. All the menstrual complaints are discussed under the heading as “Yonivyapad” in Ayurveda. According to Ayurveda there are 20 different types of Yonivyapad. Imbalancing of vata dosh, pitta dosh and kapha dosh are responsible for yonivyapad. 1. Menstrual cramps (menstrual pain) - It is normal to experience cramps during periods. The cramps are caused by prostaglandin, the chemical which causes the muscles of the uterus to contract and it is often accompanied by pain. Contraction is necessary to squeeze out the blood from the uterine cavity. In some young girls, the menstrual pain is so much extreme that, she cannot tolerate it and thus required ayurvedic treatment. Painful and heavy menstruation is also called as Dysmenorrhoea. The symptoms are cramps like pain occurs in abdomen and rediate to thighs and legs. There may be lower backache, nausea, vomitting, and mood swings along with painful menstruation. Painful menstruation is described as “Udavarta Yonivyapad” or “Kashtartav” in ayurvedic granthas. In this vata dosh prakop occurs due to holding of natural urges. This vata prakop causes pain during menstruation. Pain subside as the menstruation complete. In this yonivyapad the menstrual bleeding is foggy. According to Ayurveda, vata dosh chikitsa is important to relieve the menstrual cramps. Ayurvedic medicines like chandraprabha vati, shankh vati, godanti vati, shatavari oil, some medicated ghrut gives excellent results. Panchkarma must recommend in painful menstruation. Basti chikitsa plays important role. Vaman for kapha dosh addhikya and Virechan for pitta dosh adhikya suggested. After detoxification of body Uttar basti Treatment should be done with medicated oils and ghrut. Ayurvedic aspect of Uterine Fibroid Uterine Fibroid is described as “raktajgulm” in Ayurveda. Vata dosh prakop is responsible for raktajgulm. Prakupit vata dosh vitiated the endometrium, the blood within the uterus get dry leads to formation of solid- mass like growth called as raktajgulm. Vegvidharan that’s holding of natural urges during the menstruation is the reason behind formation of raktajgulm, as told by aacharya Shushruta. Treatment of excessive vata dosh and purification of blood , गर्भाशय शुद्धी I.e. detoxification of uterus by Uttar basti are the main criteria during treatment of uterine fibroid according to Ayurveda. Vata dosh prakop is cured by basti chikitsa. Raktshusshikaran I.e. blood purification is done by rajtmokshan. Detoxification of uterus is done by kahar- Kasia tail uttar basti chikitsa. Ayurvedix medicines like shuddhashilajit vati, kanchnar guggul, kukunakhi guggul, chandraprabha, firoidhar yoggpradaraknamtak, kumari aasav, etc are used according to the body constitution. Herbs like vasa, guduhu, ashok, Palash, kumari, sativa, mangishgha commonly used. Vaman Panchkarm chikitsa in kaph prakruti and Virechan Panchkarm chikitsa in pitta prakruti and basti chikitsa in Vata prakriti recommends to treat the uterine fibroid from root. Yogasan like ushtrasan, bhujangasan, pranayama like anulom Vilom, bhastrika also proves helpful. Ayurvedic aahar vihar, rest during Menstrual bleeding suggested to the lady suffering from uterine fibroid.