Ayurvedic Treatment for Leucorrhoea

The term leucorrhoea should be restricted to those patients in whom the normal vaginal secretion is increased. In Ayurveda this is known as “Shweta Pradara”. Shweta means white and pradara is vaginal discharge.

Causative factors

Abnormal discharge from vagina is high Kapha disorder, but sometimes Pitta and Vata may be there. This can be due to various bacterial infections if the proper hygiene is not maintained, due to over sweets, oily foods, dairy, and excessive use of antibiotics.

Symptoms

In Vata type, the discharge is brownish, sticky with pain in the vagina.

In Pitta type, the discharge is foul smelling and yellow coloured with burning sensation in vagina.

In Kapha type the secretions from the vagina are mucous, thick and white. There may be feeling of loss of appetite and dullness.

Treatment

Specific treatment is douche of the decoction of various herbs that will have local effect on the vagina.

For Vata use douche of turmeric, berberis and aloe.

For kapha use douche of lodhra, acorus and powder of alum.

Herbs to control leucorrhoea are ficus bengalensis, icus glomerata, saraca indica, shatavari, various types of medicinal lotus, acasia Arabica fruit, caesalpinia sappan, symplocos racemosa, valerian wallichii, rubia cordifolia, and triphala. Mixture of any thee in equal parts should be given in dose of 1 to 2 gms ; a day for 1 month.

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