- An effective local treatment for (vulvovaginitis during pregnancy): A standard controlled randomized clinical trial.

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Department of Streeroga and Prasuti Tantra, Institute for Postgraduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.

Published: January 2016

Background: Pregnant women are more prone to vulvovaginitis which is a great challenge for obstetricians today. In , described by , , and both can be compared to vulvovaginitis during pregnancy.

Aims: The present study aimed to evaluate efficacy of in the management of (vulvovaginitis during pregnancy).

Materials And Methods: A total of 80 female patients in the age group of 19-40 years were registered and divided into two groups. In Group A ( = 46), was inserted intravaginally, and in Group B ( = 34), Clingen vaginal suppository was inserted intravaginally once at bed time for 14 days. The effect of therapy was assessed on the basis of relief in subjective and objective criteria, i.e., vaginal smear test.

Results: In subjective parameters, such as , , , and , better result was observed in trial Group A receiving . Highly significant relief ( < 0.001) was observed in fungal infection, and significant relief ( = 0.005) was observed in Gram - negative bacterial infection and pus cells in Group A. In Group A, 34.88% patients had complete remission, marked improvement was found in 34.88% cases, and only 2.32% patients remained unchanged, while in Group B, 33.33% patients reported complete remission, marked improvement was found in 10% cases, and 20% patients remained unchanged.

Conclusion: It was concluded from the clinical trial that is highly effective in reducing subjective and objective variables of and can be introduced as a safe herbal therapy of vaginal discharge during pregnancy.

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