Bauhinia Variegata & Hypothyroidism–An Evidence Based Literary Review

In today’s era, the horizon of the Ayurvedic treatment in regard to disorders related to stress and lifestyle has increased extremely. For almost all ailments that demand regular and long?term drug intake, patients are turning to the Ayurvedic treatment modality for an alternative to those synthetic pills. Hormonal imbalance is an outcome of lifestyle modification, where the incidence of hypothyroidism is commoner in females than males which is 2-8 times higher. The prevalence of Thyroid is reported in three to five percent of the population which accounts for one case in a thousand. The management of the disease in other systems of medicine is limited to lifelong intake of drugs which have adverse effects on population over long term ingestion. Presently, there is an urgent need to offer a cure which is safer and sufficiently effective so that the patients can be safe from the hazards of the adverse effects of available treatment modalities. The Ayurveda system of medicine has a vast literature including diverse flora which have significant medicinal properties. Kanchanar is one among them which carries the potential to offer significant results in hypothyroidism which is highlighted in the present work which aims to generate the evidence base to substantiate the same.