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. 1981 Oct-Dec;1(2):72–79.

METHOD OF POPULATION CONTROL IN AYURVEDIC CLASSICS

P V Tewari 1, C Chaturvedi 1
PMCID: PMC3336663  PMID: 22556466

Abstract

A careful scrutiny of the ancient literature reveals the varied well thought of and time tested measures at population control through local and oral contraceptives, abortifacients and other methods of antifertility and birth controls. This has been based on the wise knowledge of the physiology of conception, healthy methods of fertilization and conception, stressing on quality of the progeny and family welfare. It also presents a vast areas for exploration that is increasingly a prime concern of the world today.

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