• Roohi banu
• Geetha kumari
• Prashanth shetty
• Sujatha dinesh

Context: Menopause is one of the most significant events in women’s life it due to number of physiological changes that effect the life of a woman. The factors of stress, less healthy diet and lifestyle can contribute for the hormonal dysfunction. Aims: The aim of present study is to compare the efficacy of Naturopathy and Hormonal therapy in the management of severity of hot flushes, Insomnia, mental status and quality of life in patients with menopausal syndrome. Designs: It’s a Prospective Randomized Comparative study. Materials and methods: 60 subjects who were aging between 40-60 years randomly allocated into 2 groups. Naturopathy and conventional therapies were given to group 1 and 2 respectively for duration of 10 days. The assessment tools were included WHQ (Women health questionnaire), VAS (Visual analogue scale), PSQI (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) and MENQOL (Menopause Specific Quality Of Life). Statistical analysis used: Efficacy was assessed using paired and unpaired t test Results: The results showed a significant difference in both groups with respect to WHQ, VAS, PSQI and MENQOL (p < 0.005) for mental status, hot flushes, insomnia and quality of life respectively. But while comparing the results between 2 groups WHQ and VAS showed no significant difference but PSQI and MENQOL showed significant difference between the groups. Conclusions: naturopathic practices can safely implement in the management of menopausal syndrome without any side effects and to avoid the adverse side reaction of drugs.

menopausal syndrome, Naturopathy, hormonal therapy

"A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF NATUROPATHY AND CONVENTIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.713-720, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907699.pdf

"A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF NATUROPATHY AND CONVENTIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp713-720, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907699.pdf