COMPARISON OF EFFICACY OF NAGAKESAR CHURNA VIS-A-VIS PUSHYANUG CHURNA IN MANAGEMENT OF SHWETA PRADARA

Abstract

Woman's reproductive system is a complex system of the body. The hard and highly competitive lifestyle has made today's woman struggle hard and ignore their overall health. Gynecological disorders have been a major health concern for women since ancient times, the system being very complex. Apart from natural process of menstruation and its related complications, one of the common gynecological complaint is Shweta Pradara or leucorrhea which is experienced by almost every female at least once in her lifetime. World incidence rate is 27%.  Approximately  70% of women may experience some form of abnormal white/ pale vaginal discharge (leucorrhea) during their lifetimes. Leucorrhea may be physiological or pathological. Physiological leucorrhea is seen at puberty, during ovulation, during pregnancy or coitus etc. and it does not require any treatment. But, pathological conditions like infections due to candida, trichomonas, gram positive,  gram negative pathogens may necessitate treatment. Among these, Candidiasis is a fungal infection that affects the vulvovaginal area and causes curdy white discharge to happen. Candida Albicans, a gram-positive yeast-like fungus, is the most common cause of this disease.

In Ayurvedic texts, many treatment regimens have been mentioned. Treatment with Nagakesar churnas and Pushyanug Churnas is also mentioned there as one of the mostly utilized regimens. This study has been conducted with intent to compare impact of both of these for preparing better treatment protocols for the patients. During this study its seen that Pushyanug Churna has been found to be more effective than Nagakesar churna in treating Shweta pradara.