Abstract

Dr. Dushyant*, Dr. Prashant Kumar Gupta, Dr. Lowkesh Chandravanshi, Dr. Satyawati Rathia, Dr. Lalit Mohan Bhatt, Dr. Akanksha Mishra

ABSTRACT

G6PD (Glucose-6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase) Deficiency was reported from India more than 50 years ago. The prevalence of G6PD deficiency is found in six states of India with an order of incidence observed highest in Madhya Pradesh followed by Gujrat, Karnataka Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Ayurvedic texts provide a detailed description of the aetiology of various foetal malformations. Hereditary (Sahaj or Adibalapravrtta), congenital (Garbhaja or Janmabalapravrtta), and familial (Kulaja) disorders were well defined. One of the genetic components described in Ayurveda is Bija which is a part of Shukra and Shonita. The combination of procreative elements described in ayurveda as Shad Garbhakara Bhavas (Matrija, Pitrij, Atmaja, Rasaja, Satmyaja, Sattvaja) is required for healthy offspring. Moreover, the precise specificity of Bija (genes) and their effect has also been taken into account. As a result of deeds of previous birth, defects in Garbhasaya (uterine factors), Kala (age or time of conception), and Aahar vihar (mother's food and lifestyle) vitiated doshas cause defects in genes which causes numerous anomalies which expressed in the form of defects in shape, complexion, and sense organs of the body.