Vaginal Discharge..... (A Complete Review)

About the Author Dr Poonam Choudhary is working as PhD scholar at department of prasuti tantra and stree roga, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Author has done MS (Ay) in Stree Roga and prasuti vigyan from IPGT & RA Jamnagar, Gujarat. During her study period she has meritorious student and stood first in order of merit at undergraduate and postgraduate level and obtained gold medal at her carrier.

Her articles have been published in various peer reviewed journals and she also participated in International & national seminars and delivered her valuable lectures.

Foreword Vaginal discharge is a common feature that affects all age group of women worldwide. For many women, vaginal discharge leads to significant concern and the need to seek medical advice. It is a difficult area to address in particular where the problem is recurrent or persistent and for the medical practitioner needing to make a proper diagnosis, they need to differentiate between abnormal or normal (physiological) discharge. This is the need of time to describe the disease in detail.

This book is an enthusiastic collaboration of many diseases which comes under the umbrella of vaginal discharge. It is also a unique contribution to many scholars and readers who were involved in the research and treating the patients of this entity. Another element of this book is provided many historical details.

Although the emphasis of this book is on vaginal discharge or shweta pradara but it also cover many diseases comes under yoni vyapada. The author have covers all the fields related to Vaginal discharge and the correlation of shweta pradara is unique contribution of her.

Preface My effort embedded in this work is a holistic approach, giving a wide range of diversity and complexion. My contribution to this book is done to justify the topic, making it clinically oriented and very understandable to the worthy readers. This book on the disease vaginal discharge has been dealt in depth to provide update information about this globally spread disease.

I thank the mighty lord and my colleagues for rendering me the privilege to enlighten the topic with my study and help the young generation can gain some academic insight.

Human is a social being and is ought to do make mistakes. I take all errors to me to be corrected upon after receiving the comments from the readers.

Introduction To know the proper etiopathogenesis and management of the disease, the knowledge of normal anatomy and physiology of concerned system is extremely essential. Here the subject Shweta pradara is related to Yoni. To understand pathology of this disease, it is necessary to understand anatomical consideration of Yoni.

Acharyas had deep knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology of female reproductive system. But they have not mentioned or devoted a single chapter on anatomy and physiology. So, one cannot find a compact reference regarding anatomy and physiology of female genitalia. However, on collecting scattered references available here and there, a gross picture emerges out.

The word "Yoni" is derived from the Sanskrit root "Yuj". Means to join or to unite which is suffixed by "Ni" to form the word "Yoni".

❖ Synonyms: Bhaga, Jala, Karana, Apathama, Streenama Asadharana-chinha,Smarkupa, Janma Vartama, Smara Mandira Varcingama, Madanalaya, Adharama, Ratyanga. Randhra, Smaralaya, especially Prayanana Pushpapathama.

Ayurvedic classics the word Yoni is referred to entire posterior w reproductive system as well as all individual organs respectively.

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