Title

Non-specific vaginal discharge in reproductive -Age women: Response to Unani therapy

Authors

Arjumand Shah, Arif Habib*, Huma Rafiq, Arsheed Iqbal & Nighat Ara

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Regional Research Institute of Unani Medicine, Naseembagh Campus-University of Kashmir, Srinagar, (Jammu and Kashmir) India; *Corresponding author

Email

Arjumand Shah - E-mail: Arjum.ccrum@ccrum.res.in

Arif Habib - E-mail: habib.ccrum@ccrum.res.in

Huma Rafiq- E-mail: humma.ccrum@ccrum.res.in

Arsheed Iqbal - E-mail: arshad1.ccrum@ccrum.res.in

Nighat Ara - E-mail: nighataijaz82@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30, 2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026

Abstract

Non-specific vaginal discharge in reproductive-age women represents a common clinical problem with limited effective therapeutic options, often persisting despite exclusion of identifiable infective or structural causes. The underlying pathophysiological basis remains poorly defined. Therefore, it is of interest to test the hypothesis that symptom persistence reflects a functional-inflammatory phenotype responsive to systemic humoral modulation. Hence, 80 women aged 18-45 years were evaluated longitudinally after standardized diagnostic exclusion using ordinal symptom scales. Treatment resulted in a significant reduction in discharge severity and associated symptoms, accompanied by decreased inflammatory markers and stable safety parameters (p < 0.001), supporting an idiopathic–inflammatory model amenable to targeted Unani therapy.

Keywords

Abnormal vaginal discharge; non-specific leucorrhoea; unani medicine; humoral imbalance; reproductive-age women; integrative gynaecology

Citation

Shah et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 2684-2689 (2026)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.