EFFECT OF TRIPHALA KWATHA YONI PRAKSHALANA AND HAYAMARADI TAILA YONI PICHU IN ACHARANA YONI VYAPAD (w.s.r PRURITUS VULVAE) – A CASE REPOR

Abstract

Pruritus vulvae is a condition in which the outer skin of vagina gets itching sensation, which may be persistent. Often leads to a lesion which may cause development of chronic epithelial dystrophies. Acharana Yonivyapad is one among the twenty Yonivyapad described in samhitas has symptoms quite parallel to or resembling to Pruritus vulvae. In this study, a female patient aged 26 years, presented with complaints of vulva and vaginal itching at OPD of Sri Krishna Sevashrama Hospital, Bengaluru on 20/09/2019. Patient had complaints of itching on vulvar region with vaginal discharge and foul smell since one year and it was associated with generalised weakness, lower abdomen pain and backache since 3mths. The patient was diagnosed with Pruritus vulva (Acharana Yonivyapad). The patient was treated with Triphala kwatha yoni prakshalana and Hayamaradi taila yoni pichu vaginally once a day daily for 7 days started from the 7th day of the cycle. Patient visited the OPD regularly and the treatment continued for 3 months. After 3 months of treatment, significant response was found.