Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and its Homoeopathic Management: A Systematic Review

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a common endocrine disorder predominantly affecting women of reproductive age group. This is one of the major causes for infertility. The objective of this article is to conduct a review of the Research articles indexed in PUBMED and GOOGLE SCHOLAR regarding the effectiveness of Homeopathic treatment in PCOS. This review is done to analyse the research work done by various Homoeopathic colleges till date in the field of PCOS and future research required to be undertaken in this less explored area. Analysis of these studies unveil the management strategy for PCOS through homoeopathy. These includes publications of various Homoeopathic medical colleges from 1990-2022 published in Indian journal of homoeopathy, International Journal of health sciences and research, Materia Novum- The journal of homoeopathy. The publications pertaining to the clinical research work were included in the review. All publications are categorized as observational studies, clinical studies and case reports. Out of 12 publications searched, 4 were included in this article. Observational case studies and case series shows the improvement in the clinical symptoms, USG findings and in the quality of life of the patient. Therefore, these studies should be given importance in further homoeopathic research and should be authenticated with the pragmatic trials