SAILAN-UR-RAHEM (LEUCORRHOEA): A MOST COMMON GYNECOLOGICAL PROBLEM AND ITS MANAGEMENT IN UNANI SYSTEM OF MEDICINE
Uzma Viquar*, Raise Fatima and Munawwar Hussain Kazmi
ABSTRACT
Women's health is considered to be the back bone of the society and gynaecological morbidity. It is an important health issue among all women in India. Gynaecological morbidity in women can range from life threatening diseases such as malignancies to debilitating and psychologically distressing problems like Sailan-ur Rahem (Leucorrhoea) is an excessive vaginal discharge from the female genital tract and is a frequent gynaecological complaint of women that accounts for more than 1/4th patients visits to the gynaecologist. It is physiological when associated with various phases of menstrual cycle, but when it turns into pathological condition, it produces associated problems like low backache, itching, burning sensation of vulva, poor appetite, discomfort, general weakness and pain in legs etc. The Unani scholars have described Sailan-ur-Rahem and its treatment in various Unani classical literatures like Kamil-us-Sana‘a, Al- Hawi-fit-Tib, Firdaus –ul-Hikmat and Tibb-e-Akbar and so forth. According to them, Sailan-ur-Rahem is a chronic type of inflammation which is due to poor Quwwat-e-Ghadhiya (Nutritive faculty) of the Rahem (Uterus) that causes accumulation of Fuzlaat (Waste materials). The vaginal discharge may be caused by excess of humours with a whitish, yellowish, reddish and blackish discharges accompanied sometimes with foul smelling and itchy sensation or pain in the infected area. If the disease is not treated in the initial stage then it may become chronic and leads to Pelvic inflammatory diseases (PID). In this review we have make an effort to focus on the concept and management of Sailan-ur-Rahem (Leucorrhoea) in Unani system of Medicine.
Keywords: Leucorrhoea, Menstrual cycle, Sailan-ur-Rahem, Unani Medicine, Humours.
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