European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

ADOLESCENT GIRL HEALTH CARE THROUGH AYURVEDA

Meeta Jhala* and Jitendra Kumar

ABSTRACT

Adolescence is a very important stage of life and includes individuals aged 10-19. It is a vital stage of growth and development. Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. Adolescent health encompasses changing transitions within multiple domains, including the physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and intellectual. Today adolescents are tomorrow's parents, teachers, and community leaders. The negligence to health in adolescents may give rise to many health problems in their later lives. Ayurveda prescribes some set of principles and guidelines that can help make this period more enjoyable and disease free for adolescents. Ayurveda helps us to reduce these changes related to physical, mental, and reproductive health problems. There have been advised specific diet (nutrition), lifestyle modification, Rajaswala paricharya, menstrual hygiene, sex education, and health-promoting herbs, medicine, and therapeutic procedures which should follow by an adolescent during the specific time of life span.

Keywords: Adolescence, Reproductive health, diet. Lifestyle modification, Rajaswala paricharya, health-promoting herbs, medicine, therapeutic procedure.