ROLE OF NIMBADI YONIVARTI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SWETAPRADARA w.s.r. ABNORMAL VAGINAL DISCHARGE

Abstract

Shwetapradara (Abnormal Vaginal discharge) in the reproductive age group is the most common complaint encountered everyday both by gynecologists and general practitioners. It occurs in 1-14% of all women in the reproductive age group and is responsible for 5-10 million OPD visits per year throughout the world. The prevalence of vaginal discharge in India is estimated to be 30%.The current study is an attempt to evaluate the efficacy of Nimbadi Yonivarti in Swetapradara.Married woman age group from 20yrs to 60yrs having clinical features of Shwetapradara and having positive causative organism by wet smear test have been selected for the trial.Total 51 patients were registered from the OPD of Stree Roga and Prasooti Tantra Department, IPGT & RA, Jamnagar.Among registered patients, 50 patients completed the course of treatment. Nimbadi Yonivarti (3 gm each) was given per vaginally once at bed time for 15 days continuously. Overall effect on subjective and objective parameters was found 85.13%of patients without any complication with complete remission (24%), markedly improvement (60%) and moderately improvement (10%).The data revealed that Nimbadi Yonivarti is very much effective therapy in the management of abnormal vaginal discharge and it can be safely prescribed in syndromic management of Swetapradara.