An Observational Study Homoeopathic Medicines in LM Potency for Treating Leucorrhoea

Abnormal vaginal discharge is quite a frequent complaint of women in gynecology clinic. The discharge may range from whatis called excess of normal to one which is a part of wide spectrum of ailments. Leucorrhoea is strictly defined as excessive normal vaginaldischarge. The symptom of excessive is a subjective one with individual variation, while to declare it to be normal and not an infectious one requires clinical and laboratory investigations. Leucorrhoea can often be a pointer to various gynecological conditions and hence requires evaluation and treatment. There is growing recognition that the morbidity due to excessive vaginal discharge is an important health issue among women in India. It occurs in 1-14% of all the women in the reproductive age group and is responsible for 5-10 million OPD visits per year throughout the world. The prevalence of excessive vaginal discharge in India is estimatedto be 30%. Most of the women avoid discussing the problem with a physician out of shyness and modesty that is why the treatment for it becomes a bit of challenge. Homoeopathy has answers for many gynecological conditions. Specially in treatment of cases of leucorrhoea. Homoeopathy supervenes the treatment as it does not cause any harmful side effects, is relatively cheaper than other systems of medicine as well does not produce any unwanted hormonal imbalance. Our aim is to substantiate the utility of homoeopathic Constitutional medicines in LM potency in treating Leucorrhoea through our observational study.