Menstrual disorders: Difference between revisions
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!Sl no: !! Type Characteristic features !! Probable gynecological correlation | !Sl no: !! Type !! Characteristic features !! Probable gynecological correlation | ||
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|1. ||Vata dominant || •Menstrual blood is frothy, thin, rough, blackish or reddish, resembling washings of flower of Butea monosperma (palasha).* | |1. ||Vata dominant || •Menstrual blood is frothy, thin, rough, blackish or reddish, resembling washings of flower of Butea monosperma (palasha).* | ||
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•Flows quickly, does not clot** | •Flows quickly, does not clot** | ||
•Smells like iron(lohagandhi), cold*** Severe pain and bleeding due to hyperemia of pelvic organs-pelvic congestion syndrome or pelvic sympathetic syndrome | •Smells like iron(lohagandhi), cold*** ||Severe pain and bleeding due to hyperemia of pelvic organs-pelvic congestion syndrome or pelvic sympathetic syndrome | ||
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|2. ||Pitta dominant ||•Menstrual blood is blue, yellow or blackish in color, hot, comes in profuse amount repeatedly, and with pain* | |2. ||Pitta dominant ||•Menstrual blood is blue, yellow or blackish in color, hot, comes in profuse amount repeatedly, and with pain* | ||
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•Resembles the water mixed with smoke or extract of Indian berberis(rasanjana) or cow urine in color, having musty or fishy smell*** | •Resembles the water mixed with smoke or extract of Indian berberis(rasanjana) or cow urine in color, having musty or fishy smell*** | ||
•Not attracted by ants and flies, does not coagulate, hot*** Menometrorrhagia due to pelvic congestion caused by infection/inflammation | •Not attracted by ants and flies, does not coagulate, hot***|| Menometrorrhagia due to pelvic congestion caused by infection/inflammation | ||
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| 3. || Kapha dominant || •Menstrual blood is slimy, pale, heavy, unctuous, cold, mixed with mucous and thick, discharged with mild pain* | | 3. || Kapha dominant || •Menstrual blood is slimy, pale, heavy, unctuous, cold, mixed with mucous and thick, discharged with mild pain* | ||
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•Blood resembles the water mixed with red ochre, excreted very slowly, get clotted like a muscle** | •Blood resembles the water mixed with red ochre, excreted very slowly, get clotted like a muscle** | ||
•Like flowers of Bauhinia variegata(kovidara), pale, gets clotted in the shape of fibers, smells like fat*** Menorrhagia due to early stage of tubercular endometritis or chronic endometritis due to other causes. | •Like flowers of Bauhinia variegata(kovidara), pale, gets clotted in the shape of fibers, smells like fat*** || Menorrhagia due to early stage of tubercular endometritis or chronic endometritis due to other causes. | ||
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| 4. || Sannipataja || •Foul smelling, slimy, yellowish, resembling ghee, marrow, muscle fat etc.* | | 4. || Sannipataja || •Foul smelling, slimy, yellowish, resembling ghee, marrow, muscle fat etc.* | ||
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•Resembles a sour liqid called “Kanji” prepared from rice and foul smelling.** | •Resembles a sour liqid called “Kanji” prepared from rice and foul smelling.** | ||
•Blue like bronze, dirty and foul smelling.*** Endometrial/cervical carcinoma | •Blue like bronze, dirty and foul smelling.*** || Endometrial/cervical carcinoma | ||
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Senile pyometra | Senile pyometra | ||