Management of Intrauterine Growth Restriction in Ayurveda

Antenatal care is most precious to maintain good health both for mother and developing foetus during pregnancy. Proper weight gain is a symbol of healthy pregnancy that directly affects the weight of baby i.e neonatal birth weight. Excess weight gain or low weight gain both are complications of pregnancy. In low weight gain, there is a chance of fetal growth restriction give attention to major complications. The assessment of weight gain and related symptoms of IUGR are diagnosed by serial fundal height estimation, USG, biophysical profile, ponderal index etc. During pregnancy, women require extra food or supplementation for proper growth of developing foetus. Now a day, iron- calcium-folic acid supplementations are prescribed by Obstetricians. In Ayurveda, thousands years ago, this disease is described as “Upvistaka Garbhavyapad” and their management are described very well. Pregnant women should follow regimen as described in Ayurveda to prevent such curious problem.