Evaluation of Liv.52 in the Treatment of Jaundice with Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a natural physiological condition, which should be uneventful and end successfully without any disturbance to the mother and the baby. It involves a certain degree of strain on all the systems of the body. In order to maintain the internal milieu and metabolic adjustments the liver plays a significant part. jaundice in pregnancy may be due to factors related or unrelated to pregnancy. The clinical course of these diseases may be altered to a variable degree during pregnancy. In India, hepatocellular dysfunction and jaundice often have a deleterious effect both on the mother and the baby. In Eden Hospital, Calcutta, between the years 1964 and 1973 the number of cases due to jaundice in pregnancy has been on the increase. It is also noted that mortality in liver diseases is higher in pregnant than in nonpregnant women In an attempt to relieve the symptoms and treat these cases, a controlled clinical trial on a herbal preparation, Liv.52, manufactured by The Himalaya Drug Co., was undertaken to evaluate the effect of this drug on various types of liver diseases in pregnancy.