Abstract

EFFECT OF VANGA BHASMA ON SHWETPRADAR (LEUCORRHOEA); AN RANDOMISED CONTROL CLINICAL TRIAL

Pradnya Duhijod* and Sheetal Agrawal

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Abstract

Swetpradar (Leucorrhoea) means unusual excessive vaginal discharge, commonly known as white discharge. It is a thick, whitish or yellowish vaginal discharge. It is a Kaphaja disorder along with rasa dhatu dushti (vitiation) and Apana vayu vaigunya (vitiation). There are many causes of leucorrhoea, the usual one being estrogen imbalance. According to Modern Science this discharge should fulfil the following criteria- the excess secretion is evident from persistent vulva moistness, nonpurulent and non- offensive, non-irritant and never causes pruritus, which is due to unhygienic toilet habits, impaired immune functions, pelvic inflammatory disease, psychosomatic cause, hormonal imbalance, genital wound etc. The excessive secretion has 3 main causes- physiological excess, cervical cause and vaginal cause. As per ayurvedic text, Vanga bhasma a herbomineral preparation was prepared in Rasashastra department of sri Ayurveda college Nagpur.In this clinical trial there is one control group and other is trial group. Age group varies from 20-55 yrs in which girl, housewives, working, middle aged women‟s are included. Different doses were given according to age, severity of disease. All were treated by Shamana therapy for 1 month, and it shows significant result. The patients were followed up on 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th days. Reduction in clinical parameters in non-specific group patients was statistically significant whereas in specific groups was statistically non-significant. The action of vanga bhasma in both nonspecific and specific groups in Shwetha pradara is effective in variation with duration of treatment.

Keywords: Shwetpradar, Discharge, Vanga bhasma, Katishool, Daurbalya.