Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
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Improvement of fetus in fifth month – Ayurveda
– Charaka Samhita – ADHIKA MAMSA SHONITA UPACHAYA in garbha & VISHESHA KARSHYAM in garbhini.
– Sushruta Samhita – MANAH PRATIBUDDHATARAM – thoughts of the fetus turns into extra energetic and woke up.
– Ashtanga Hridaya – CHETANA PRATIBUDDHAM BHAVATI – consciousness turns into energetic (clearly manifested).
– Ashtanga Sangraha – Manah Pratibuddhataram Bhavati, Mamsa Shonita Upachayah
– Kashyapa Samhita – mamsa-shonita-vriddhi, GARBHAM-SUJIVAH, krshata (emaciation of mom, pregnant lady)
– Harita Samhita – SUJIVA – the fetus turns into full of life.
– Garbhopanishad – strengthening of the BACKBONE takes place.
Fashionable Embryology
– Week 17 – improvement of TOENAILS, child turns into MORE ACTIVE, rolls and flips. The BABY’s HICCUPS are felt, inflicting small JERKING MOVEMENTS of the newborn.
– Week 19 – The infant’s ears stand out on the top and the newborn HEARS sounds. The DIGESTIVE SYSTEM of the newborn has began to work. The infant is about 5 1 / 2 inches (140 mm) and weighs about 7 ounces (200 gms).
– Week 19 – GROWTH of the newborn SLOWS DOWN, VERNIX CASEOSA begins to cowl the newborn’s physique, the newborn begins URINATING and this urine types the majority of amniotic fluid.
– Week 20 – QUICKENING (child’s actions) are felt, the newborn is often SLEEPING & WAKING, is likely to be woke up by the noises and actions of mom. The infant measures about 6 1 / 3 inches (160mm) and weighs about 11 ounces (320 grams).
On this article we will take a look at completely different opinions of various acharyas relating to the event of the fetus within the fifth month of being pregnant, in Ayurveda treatises.
Improvement of Fetus within the fifth month of being pregnant – Totally different Opinions of Totally different Acharyas in Totally different Treatises
Charaka Samhita
पञ्चमे मासि गर्भस्य मांसशोणितोपचयो भवत्यधिकमन्येभ्यो मासेभ्यः, तस्मात्तदा गर्भिणी कार्श्यमापद्यते विशेषेण||२१|| Cha.Sha.4/21
Adhika Mamsa Shonita Upachaya – extreme enrichment / enhance of muscle tissues and blood within the foetus compared to the opposite months of fetal improvement.
Visheshena Karshyam – the pregnant girls particularly turns into emaciated.
Sushruta Samhita
पञ्चमे मनः प्रतिबुद्धतरं भवति ।(Su. Sha. 3/30).
Manah Pratibuddhataram Bhavati – The thoughts of the fetus turns into extra energetic and woke up.
Ashtanga Hridaya
चेतनायाश्च पञ्चमे । (A.H. Sha. 1/57).
Chetanascha – the chetana i.e. consciousness / life exercise turns into clearly manifested (energetic).
Ashtanga Sangraha
पञ्चमे मनः प्रतिबुद्धतरं भवति मांसशोणितोपचयश्च । (A.S. Sha. 2/13).
Manah Pratibuddhataram Bhavati – the thoughts of the fetus turns into extra energetic and woke up.
Mamsa Shonita Upachayascha – enhance (nourishment / enrichment) of muscle tissues and blood.
Kashyapa Samhita (Ka.Sam.Sha.St)
Mamsa Shonita Vriddhi – progress (enrichment) of muscle tissues and blood
Garbham Sujivah – foetus turns into full of life
Krshata – pregnant lady turns into skinny / emaciated
Harita Samhita
Garbha turns into Sujiva – the fetus turns into full of life.
Garbhopanishad
Prishtavamsha – the spine turns into sturdy.
In keeping with Fashionable Embryology
Improvement of fetus in fifth month of being pregnant
Week 17
Toenails develop.
The infant turns into extra energetic. It rolls and flips.
Hiccuping of the newborn could also be felt. This might trigger small jerking actions.
Week 18
– The ears of the newborn start to face out on the top.
– The infant hears sounds.
– Working of the digestive system within the child has begun.
– Dimension – about 5 and half inches (140 millimeters) from crown to rump.
– Weight of the newborn – 7 ounces (200 grams).
Week 19
The expansion of the newborn slows down.
Vernix caseosa (a greasy, cheese-like coating) begins to cowl the physique of the newborn. It protects the fragile pores and skin of the newborn from scrapes, chapping and hardening (as a result of impact of contact with amniotic fluid).
The infant has began urinating. The urine makes for a lot of the amniotic fluid.
Week 20
Quickening – child’s actions are felt.
The infant is often sleeping and waking. It is likely to be woke up by the noises or mom’s actions.
Dimensions – about 6 1 / 3 inches (160 mm) from crown to rump.
Weight – about 11 ounces (320 grams).


