ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS USED IN TREATMENT OF LEUCORRHOEA DISEASE IN BUNDELKHAND REGION, INDIA

Leucorrhoea is an excessive discharge of a white, sticky, foul-smelling material from the vagina. Physiologic leukorrhea is a normal condition occurring within several months to a year of the onset of menses in adolescent girls. However, in many cases, leukorrhoea is a sign of infection, especially when the discharge is yellow or green, has an offensive odour, and is accompanied by irritation, itching, pain or tissue inflammation. It causes lot of discomfort, stress, weakness, tiredness, exhaustion, multiple aches, multiple somatic complaints and affect the sexual preferences. This common problem may occur due to unhygienic conditions, infection of the genital tract, or impaired immune function. Most of the people do not approach doctors due to hesitation, lack of knowledge, high cost of medicines and different instrumental treatments, etc. Ethnomedicinal plants are very cheap and easily available. The present study was initiated with an aim to identify medicinal plants resources from traditional practitioners of Bundelkhand region to treat leucorrhoea.