ISSN : 2663-2187

Embracing Herbal Wisdom for Vaginal Comfort and Balance: An Insight on Herbal Approach and other therapies in the Treatment of Vaginal Infection

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Niharika Gokhale, Mukta Madan Selokar, Priya Jain, Juhi Bhadoria, Manoj Likhariya, Prerna Chaturvedi, Sumeet Dwivedi
ยป doi: 10.33472/AFJBS.6.7.2024.624-642

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Vaginal infection is one of the most prominent diseases occurring in almost every female. The disease is caused due to fungus commonly known as Candida albicans. Candida species is one of the major funguses causing vaginal infection. It has increasingly deserved a special attention among the medical community. In spite of the presence of Candida species as a human commensal, alarming rates of local and systemic infections have been observed, varying from moderate to severe impact. Possible drug therapy include uses of several antifungal and anti bacterial drug which all give temporary relief with several adverse effects. The approaches towards use of herbal drugs in the treatment or vaginal infection especially candidiasis is of great interest. Several herbs like Passiflora, Calendula, Achyranthes, Trachyspermum etc. were proven anticandidal activity and widely used in the disease. The present paper highlights the treatment of vaginal infection with reference to herbal drugs and other possible therapies. Paper also included various possible measures to adopt for vaginal comfort.

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