Karyotyping: A important diagnostic tool to differentiate infertile females at Prakriti level

Background: According to ancient system of medicine vataj prakriti females are more prone for infertility. Many studies have been carried out to determine the association between dehaj prakriti and specific diseases, whereas to understand the direct relation between vataj prakriti and infertility still need more studies. Objective: To investigate the association between infertility and prakriti by using modern diagnostic tool i.e. Karyotyping.Materials and Methods: This study was conducted as randomized controlled study on 50 infertile females by evaluating their prakriti and Karyotyping. Study was conducted at Sir Sunderlal Hospital, IMS, BHU and Cytogenetic Lab, Department of Anatomy, IMS, BHU. Prakriti was assessed by Performa (questionnaire based) and Karyotyping was done by G- banding Technique. Correlation between Prakriti and Karyogram and other factors such as age, chief complaints, menstrual history, endocrine profile, were assessed.Results: The overall vataj prakriti females was 72% out of these 01% are Turner’s and 18% are Turner Mosaic. The study identified a statistically significant relation between Vataj Prakriti and infertility. Conclusion: Results of the present study suggested that the vataj prakriti females was more prone for infertility than pittaj and kaphaj prakriti and all abnormal karyogram is also associated with vataj prakriti.