Menstrual disorders: Difference between revisions
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|1. ||Vataja || Red, black or dark violet in color, thin, dry, frothy and scattered (very small clots mixed with liquid substance), excreted slowly with perforating or piercing type of pain*|| Vata* || Oligomenorrhea with dysmenorrhea caused by nutritional deficiency | |1. ||Vataja || Red, black or dark violet in color, thin, dry, frothy and scattered (very small clots mixed with liquid substance), excreted slowly with perforating or piercing type of pain* || Vata* || Oligomenorrhea with dysmenorrhea caused by nutritional deficiency | ||
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|2. ||Pittaja ||Yellowish or bluish in color, free from unctuousness, excreted blood is hot and associated with burning sensation* | |2. ||Pittaja ||Yellowish or bluish in color, free from unctuousness, excreted blood is hot and associated with burning sensation* | ||
The color of blood resembles that of hibiscus (japa),or saffron, associated with dysuria ** || Pitta* || Inflammatory condition of reproductive organs due to infection especially chronic pelvic cellulitis associated with oligomenorrhoea. | The color of blood resembles that of hibiscus (japa),or saffron, associated with dysuria ** || Pitta* || Inflammatory condition of reproductive organs due to infection especially chronic pelvic cellulitis associated with oligomenorrhoea. | ||
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|3. || Kaphaja || Whitish or slightly yellowish in color, appears as if mixed with bone marrow, too thick and slippery, unctuous and settles down if put in the water* | |3. || Kaphaja || Whitish or slightly yellowish in color, appears as if mixed with bone marrow, too thick and slippery, unctuous and settles down if put in the water* | ||
Retention of urine, body stiffness or idleness, lethargy, drowsiness, sleepiness** | Retention of urine, body stiffness or idleness, lethargy, drowsiness, sleepiness** || Kapha* || Chronic endometritis, endocervicitis or cervicitis associated with oligomenorrhoea. | ||
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|4. || Kunapagandhi || Smell of dead tissue, excessive blood discharge, associated with features of pitta like burning sensation* || Rakta* || Early stage of endometrial carcinoma. | |4. || Kunapagandhi || Smell of dead tissue, excessive blood discharge, associated with features of pitta like burning sensation* || Rakta* || Early stage of endometrial carcinoma. | ||