A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY OF A HERBO-MINERAL COMPOUND DHATRI LAUHA WITH A CONTROL KNOWN DRUG IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PANDU ROGA W.S.R. TO IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

Humans are progressively achieving new heights in the development of science and technology but at the same time it is difficult to follow the ways of healthy living as a consequence of which people are getting prone to many diseases. Among them “Anemia” is a very common disease, seen especially in developing countries like India. It reduces the work capacity of individuals and brings serious economic consequences and obstacles to the National Development. In this study, an effort has been put upon to explore the hidden potential laid in Ayurveda. So, in this research work, a comparative study was conducted between a herbo-mineral compound – Dhatri Lauha with a controlled group known drug. In the present study, total 30 patients were registered and randomly divided into two groups. Group A: 15 patients were included in this group and were given Dhatri Lauha 500mg BD oral- ly. Group B: 15 patients were included in this group and were given dried Ferrous Sulphate 150mg OD orally. The patients were assessed on subjective and hematological parameters for obtaining the effect of the drugs. Both the groups yielded highly significant results in subjective parameters. Again, highly significant and significant relief was seen in Nausea and constipation respectively in Group A whereas Group B showed insignificant results regarding nausea and constipation. The study Overall comparison of the therapy showed that the results were found better with high percentage relief in the patients under Trial Group i.e. Dhatri Lauha in comparison to the Control Group. The study concluded that the selected management has potential effect on Pandu Roga with the added advantage of being free from side effects. Keywords: Herbo-mineral, DhatriLauha, hematological, Pandu roga.