AN OPEN LABELTWO ARM CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF PATARANGASAVA WITH AND WITHOUT CHANDRAPRABHA VATI IN SHWETA PRADARA W.S.R. TO LEUCORRHOE

Shweta Pradara is one of the commonest symptoms reported by women of

reproductive age.[1]In Ayurveda, Leucorrhoea is known as Shweta Pradara where Shweta means white and Pradara means discharge. Due to increase Kapha Dosha and imbalance of Rasa Dhatu or dushti of Apaan Vayu cause excessive white discharge threw vaginal tract.

Shweta Pradara is a condition in which there is a whitish discharge from the

vagina. It may be thick and viscid and foul smelling when it is caused by some infection. Ayurveda says that due to intake of Kapha predominant Aahar-Vihar the Kapha dosha get vitiated. Consequently the Kaphareaches Yoni by aggravated Apana vayu and due to its physical and chemical characteristics, white coloured, thick and thin, foul-smelling fluid called abnormal vaginal discharge. It can also be due to the inflammation of the womb following childbirth, displacement of the Uterus. Among young females, it may be due to threadworm infection, as the result of general debility combined with lack of cleanliness or infections.

Leucorrhoea is a white discharge from the vagina. Vaginal discharge occurs in

regular variations of amount and consistency during the course of the menstrual cycle. A greater then usual amount is normal in pregnancy and a decrease is to be expected after delivery, during lactation and after menopause. It is may be physiological or pathological. Physiological vaginal discharge does not require any treatment. But the pathological condition which necessitate treatment are those involving many infections.

The World Health Organization estimated that in a period of one year, there are 333 million new cases of Vulvo – Vaginal Infection which are curable if addressed at the right time. A study in India has shown the prevalence of reproductive tract infections was 37.0% based on symptoms and 36.7% by laboratory investigations.[2]

Leucorrhoea signs and symptoms are similar to those of Shweta Pradara, which

is mentioned in classics. Kapha is the primary dosha that causes Shweta Pradara. The drugs which are having Tridosha shamaka especially Kaphahara, Stambhana, Vedana sthapana, Balya, Krimighna*,* Kanduhara properties are selected for the management of Shweta Pradara w.s.r. to Leucorrhoea.

World is looking towords Ayurveda with hope for remedies because the treatment

modalities in the Allopathic medicine have unsatisfactory results. They have also some side effects. So there is a great scope for research to find out safe, potent, effective and less costly remedy of Ayurveda for management of Shweta Pradara w.s.r. to Leucorrhoea.

So here in this study we are using PATRANGASAVA with and without CHANDRAPRABHA VATI.