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      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Materia Novum: The Journal of Homoeopathy</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Materia Novum</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2583-4398</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Materia Novum: The Journal of Homoeopathy</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">MNH480017</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>A comparative study of effectiveness of Cynodon dactylon mother tincture  along with homoeopathic indicated medicine and homoeopathic indicated   medicine alone in cases of menorrhagia in the age group of 15 – 55 years</article-title>
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      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Motiwala</surname>
            <given-names>Dr. F. F.</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Prasad</surname>
            <given-names>Dr. G. B.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Dharane</surname>
            <given-names>Dr. Varsha</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Ahiwale</surname>
            <given-names>Dr. Manisha</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Aher</surname>
            <given-names>Dr. Ashwini</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Bhosale</surname>
            <given-names>Dr. Asha</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Dewani</surname>
            <given-names>Dr. Natasha</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Attar</surname>
            <given-names>Miss Saba J.</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Patel</surname>
            <given-names>Miss Maitry K.</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Pawar</surname>
            <given-names>Miss Rutuja U.</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="aff1">MNH</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2026-04-03">
        <month>04</month>
        <day>03</day>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>8</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <fpage>29</fpage>
      <lpage>37</lpage>
      <abstract>
        <p>Menorrhagia comes under Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (AUB). AUB means any 
deviation in normal uterine cycle refers to abnormally heavy or prolonged menstrual bleeding 
that exceeds the typical flow more than 80ml and duration. It can lead to severe discomfort, 
disruption of daily activities. Rationale of study: Menorrhagia is one of the major / main cause 
why women of different age group attend   gynecological consultant.  It affects women living 
in developed as well as developing countries. It is not only life threatening   but also have huge 
effect on  personal, social ,family and work life of women and reduce quality of life .So here it 
is attempt to study effectiveness of Cynodon dactylon in treating menorrhagia along with 
homoeopathic indicated remedy. Aim: To study the difference in effectiveness of Cynodon 
dactylon mother tincture along with homoeopathic indicated medicine and homoeopathic 
indicated medicine alone  in cases of menorrhagia in the age group of 15 – 55 years. Objective 
: Primary objective – To compare effectiveness of Cynodon dact. Mother tincture along with 
homoeopathic indicated medicine and homoeopathic indicated medicine alone in cases of 
female suffering from complaints of menorrhagia in the age group of 15 – 55 years . Secondary 
objective –Improve quality life of female of age group of 15- 55 years suffering from complaint 
of menorrhagia. Material and methods : 46 patients enrolled in the study with the help of 
menorrhagia  assessment scale and clinical diagnosis. Detailed case taking of 2 groups were 
done. Group 1- received Cynodon mother tincture along with homoeopathic indicated medicine 
and  Group 2 - received homoeopathic indicated remedy alone . Quality of life scale was also 
used before the commencement of treatment . 6 follow ups where taken after medication again 
menorrhagia assessment scale score was obtained along with quality of life scale. Result : 
There is difference in effectiveness of Homoeopathic medicine Cynodon dactylon  Mother 
tincture along with homoeopathic indicated medicine and homoeopathic indicated medicine 
alone in reducing the complaint of menorrhagia in female in age group of 15 to 55 years. After 
studying 23 cases of Group A i.e. Cynodon mother tincture with homoeopathic indicated 
medicine- 19 cases are improved and 4 cases are not improved. After Studying 23 case of group 
B i.e. Homoeopathic indicated medicine- 18 cases are improved and 5 cases are not improved. 
Conclusion : According to the study, we conclude that Homoeopathic medicine  Cynodon 
dactylon mother tincture along with homoeopathic indicated medicine is more effective than 
homoeopathic indicated medicine alonein treatment of menorrhagia.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>Cynodon dactylon mother tincture</kwd>
        <kwd>Homoeopathy</kwd>
        <kwd>Menorrhagia</kwd>
        <kwd>WHOQOL</kwd>
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