Author:
K Singh Neelam,Alok S Sengar,Bipin B Khuntia
Abstract
Trichomonal vaginitis is a common sexually transmitted infection that can cause vaginitis, cervicitis and urethritis. Persistent and recurrent infections are frequent in women, potentially due to the lack of routine screening recommendations for this pathogen, chronic nature of some infections and drug resistance. Modern treatment involves the use of systemic and local antibiotics which create a number of inconveniences during their usage. There are few alternative treatment options for persons with a metronidazole allergy or treatment failure. Ayurveda provides many alternatives and can prove a boon to the ailing humanity not only by curing the disease but also by preventing their recurrences. In Ayurvedic texts, various conditions giving rise to white discharge per vaginum had been described. The signs and symptoms of Shleshmala Yonivyapada are more or less similar to Trichomonal vaginitis. In recent decades, numerous efforts have been made to select, extract, and find the mechanism of plant compounds against pathogens of sexually transmitted diseases. In this article, management of Trichomonas vaginitis reviewed through an Ayurvedic text is elaborated in detail.
Keywords Ayurveda, Kaphaja Yonivyapada, Trichomonal vaginitis, Yonistrava
Publisher
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
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