• Anupama Kalia
• Monica Gulati
• Rajesh Kumar
• Sachin Kumar Singh
• Chander Mohan

Imbalance of iron owing to lesser availability in diet, rapid growth of person and abnormalities associated with blood loss generally leads to Iron deficiencyanemia.Anemia should not be ignored as it is related to adverse effectson general health.Anemicfemales and their neonates are at higher risk of death during the perinatal period. Milestones of mental and physical development among children are by anaemia. Even their physical work capacity and pro¬ductivity may be reduced. Despite theeasy and convenient diagnostic tests and availability of medicinal iron preparations, the conditionis still quite prevalent.Various strategies including modern/traditional treatment have been used for curing IDA. While the modern treatment is associated with side effects like diarrhoea, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, constipation etc.,the traditional Indian treatment is reported to be comparatively safer. Certain modified release haematinics have been designed to overcome the side effects associated with the conventional allopathic haematinics. However, such formulationsarequite expensive. Many ayurvedic preparations containing iron are available in market. These includeLauha bhasma and Mandoor bhasma. Therapy with these is much safer and cost effective too. This paper summarizes the manifestations associated with iron deficiency anemia, various strategies of treatment and their possible outcomes.

Iron Deficiency Anemia, haematinics, Ayurvedic, bhasma

"Traditional Alternatives in the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.228-241, December 2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDT06029.pdf

"Traditional Alternatives in the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp228-241, December 2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDT06029.pdf