CONCEPTUAL REVIEW ON KARNINI YONIVYAPADA W.S.R TO CERVICAL EROSION

Abstract

God has blessed the women with most valuable gift of motherhood. A healthy woman can make healthy family and ultimately maker of healthy nation. Cervical erosion is one of the most commonest condition seen in present era. It is defined as the development of red velvety area on the portio vaginalis around the external os. All the Ayurvedic samhita have given the number of Yonivyapad as twenty. ‘Karnini yonivyapad’ is one among of them. According to acharya charak, due to straining during labour in the absence of labour pains, the Vayu obstructed by fetus, with holding Kapha and getting mixed with Rakta produces ‘Karnika’ in yoni, which obstructs the passage of Rakta (Raja). Due to presence of Karnika this condition is knowns as ‘Karnini’. In this article Ayurvedic review of ‘Karnini Yonivyapad’ has been correlated as ‘Cervical erosion’ with it’s anatomical aspect.

KEYWORD: Karnini Yonivyapad, Cervical erosion, Vayu, Kapha, Rakta.