Ayurvedic management of Mutrakrichchha with special reference to urinary tract infection: A Case Study

Mutrakrichchha comes under the disorders of Mutravaha Strotas and mainly deals with shoola (pain) and krichhchrata  (dysuria)1. Acharya Charaka has described eight types of Mutrakrichchha. Acharya Charaka has also mentioned 8 types of Mutragatha. The above-mentioned symptomatology has close resemblance with urinary tract infections,as described in modern texts specifically lower urinary tract infections (urethritis and cystitis). Here we reported a new case of Mutrakrichcha (Chronic Cystitis), a 50 year old female patient consulted to OPD with complain of Mutradaha, Adhoudar Shula, Sarvang Daha Anubhuti for 6 years intermittently, this case manages with internal medicines Gokshuradi Churna Phanta, Chandraprabha Vati,Gomutra Haritaki and Punarnava Arishta which are having the common properties of Shothahara, Vranaropan, Mutrarogaghna.