Abstract

VIEW OF AYURVEDIC CONCEPT OF SHWETAPRADARA

Dr. Shadab Banu*, Dr. Vinaykumar Hiremath, Dr. Sourabha Kokatnur

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Abstract

The slogan “Healthy Women, Healthy World” embodies the fact that as custodians of family health, women play a critical role in maintaining the health & well-being of their communities. Ill health of woman has serious & far reaching consequences for the health of her family. With such a dedicated & busy life, they usually tend to ignore their own health & suffer from general illness like anemia, malnutrition as well as problems related to reproductive system in Ayurvedic lexicon like Brihatrayee there is no separate entity of Shwetapradara as a disease, but there are many Streerogas in which Shweta pradara is considered and described as a symptom. Acharya Charaka has also explained that symptoms of disease themselves can also constitute a disease. Books like Sharangdhara Samhita, Bhavaprakasha and Yogaratnakara have used the word Shwetapradara for white vaginal discharge and explained treatment for the same. Keeping this definition in mind and looking at the high prevalence of the ailment, an attempt has been made to study Shwetapradara as a separate disease entity including its etymological derivation, chronicled appraisal, Nidana Panchak, Classification, differential diagnosis, prognosis, complications and treatment protocol.

Keywords: Shwetapradara, Nidana Panchaka, Pathya Apathya.