Stri sharir pitta dosha guna pitta prakruti sambhandha (Relation of properties of pitta dosha and pitta constitution in females)

 Title - Stri sharir pitta dosha guna pitta prakruti sambhandha (Relation of properties of pitta dosha and pitta constitution in females)

          Dr. Sarita Sunil Bhutada submitted her dissertation to Pune University in the year 1996 for the P.G. degree M.D. (Sharir Kriya). Her guide was Dr. H. K. Somani. & Research center was Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Pune

(M.S.), India.

          This dissertation is in local Marathi language. For this research work Dr. Mrs. Bhutada had enrolled 250 females as per the age they are divided into 5 groups each containing 50 female volunteers. Group 1 to 5 have the age limits as follow sequentially – 1year to 10 year, 10 to 12 years, 12to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, 40 to 65 years. All the volunteers were examined for constitution.

        The research work has be concluded as follows –

i)                   When 50 male & 50 female students were examined from the age group 15-20, it is seen that female student have pitta predominance 56% and male student have Pitta dominance 25%.

ii)                The influence of pitta in females are seen as follows – Penetrating

(Tikshna) properties 41.42%, Yellow coloration 40.90%, slight             unctuousness 39.79%, Hot (Ushna) 35.29%.

iii)              In pitta dominant constitution females it was found that the age of menarche  is 12 to 14 years

iv)              Pitta dominant ladies had excessive bleeding during menstrual cycle.

v)                Pitta constitution has the menopausal age as 45to47 years. These female had excessive sweating and hot flushes   type symptoms during menopausal period which are closed related to hot and penetrating power of pitta dosha.