AYURVEDIC CONCEPT OF LEUCORRHOEA

Leucorrhoea is one of the most common and burning problems faced by women all around the globe. Leucorrhoea may be physiological but when turning into a pathological condition, produce associated symptoms like itching vulva, backache, and anxiety in females suffering from the entity. Various factors like fungal, parasite, bacterial, and sexually transmitted diseases are responsible for the causation of this disease. Leucorrhoea in Ayurveda known as Shweta Pradar is predominantly due to Kapha Dosha and which is a symptom that is not a disease. Leucorrhoea can be treated both by external applications and internal medications as described in the literature. In this article, an effort has been made to compile the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and all non-conventional therapies available to treat Leucorrhea. The nature of this work is reviewing type based on traditional Indian wisdom; the materials were collected from Ayurvedic Samhitas like Charak & Sushruta Samhita etc. The texts books on Gynecology were also reviewed to make the work relevant. Various research on leucorrhea was reviewed using search engines like Pubmed to assess the efficacy of various interventions used for leucorrhoea.