Are hair fall, acne, indigestion and irregular periods interrelated?

Question

Hello doctor,

I have doubts regarding indigestion, severe hair fall, and acne with irregular and short menstrual cycles, which last from a few days. Are these interrelated? I am suffering from PCOS, as the latest lower abdomen test shows a cyst in the lower ovary. Also, my menstrual cycles are getting reduced to one to two days, with severe pain and indigestion during periods. For the past month, I have started taking Shatavari Gulam. Sometimes, I also observe the cracking of bones in my legs.

Please suggest.

Answer 1

Hello,

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I came to know from your complaints that you have PCOS with hair fall, indigestion, and reduced menstrual flow. Yes, your doubt is right, it is all related. As per Ayurveda PCOS is caused by eating excessive sweet, fatty foods which increase kapha (mucus) in the body. When kapha increases, it reduces digestive power and causes patients to complain of indigestion. I understand that that is your main problem. Due to improper diet and physical activities, vata (pacifying foods) also get aggravated by PCOS. Hence the digestion is not proper, and the rasa dhatu is not formed properly affecting the menstrual blood (rakta dhatu) and that causes more kapha and medas, and this is why some PCOS patients will gain more weight.

The undigested food is called ama. This ama will produce a hormonal imbalance that causes changes in menstrual flow. Some patients will complain of heavy flow once in three months, and some complain of less flow that lasts for one or two days. The energy responsible for transformation is called pitta. In PCOS, pitta is also getting vitiated and the patient complains of hair loss, pimples, painful menstruation sometimes clots. The movement of follicles from the ovum to the fallopian tubules is controlled by data. When vata is impaired producing scanty menstruation with pain, the cracking of bones in the legs happens due to aggravated vata. Hence treatment will include all steps to reduce vitiated vata, pitta, and kapha.

The first step is improving digestion through Ashta choornam, Vaishwanara choornam, Hinguvacadi choornam, or Amruthotharam kashayam.
The next step is to pacify the increased vata through intake of Narayana thailam one teaspoon in kashayam which I am going to explain in the third step or simply oil in hot water.
Pacify pitta and kapha through Varanadi kashayam, Kulathadi kashayam, and Kumaryasavam.
Raja pravartini vati is also effective.
Regular intake of sesame seeds (black) with jaggery is also a natural remedy for menstrual problems.
Garlic roasted in ghee is very effective for painful menstruation. Garlic should be taken three weeks before menstruation.
Avoid junk, spicy, oily, and fast food. Try to reduce the intake of pickles which produce water retention and cause pain during menstruation.
Proper sleep and stress reduction are also important.

I saw in your report that you have a cyst in the left ovary (26*26 mm) which is not dangerous and it is a simple cyst that can be managed with medication (attachment removed to protect patient identity). I think my reply will help you. If you have any doubts or complaints, please contact me. For better results, please follow the medications for one month and contact me later.

I hope this helps.

Thank you.