it is generally whitish , yellowish , or greenish vaginal discharge in females that might be normal or a symptom of infection .
it is almost mucus discharge , which exhibit exfoliation of vaginal epithelial cells due to estrogen influence on the vaginal mucosa .
leucorrhea is a well - known disease in iranian traditional medicine ( itm ) . in their manuscripts , the word 
sayalan - e rahem  was used by avicenna and some other iranian traditional practitioners to describe this condition .
ancient practitioners believed that excessive residue ( kesrate fozool ) and weakness of digestion ( zaafe hazm ) were the main causes of leucorrhea , for which herbal therapy was the main proposed treatment . in the present study ,
in this research , six iranian traditional textbooks including canon of medicine ( avicena 980 - 1037 ad ) , a - hawi ( razes 865 - 925 ad ) , tuhfat ul - momineen ( momen tonekaboni , 17th century ) , makhzan - ul - adwiah ( aghili 18th century ) , ikhtiarat badii ( ansari 1329 - 1404 ad ) , and al - jmi li - mufradt al - adwiyawa al - aghdhiy ( ibn al - baitar 1197 ad ) were studied and searched for anti - leucorrhea medicines . then the herbal medicines were selected and scored depending on their frequency in the above - mentioned textbooks .
this study introduced many materia medica with anti - leucorrhea activity and among them seven herbs including rubus fruticosus l. , rhus coriaria l. , phoenix dactylifera l. , pimpinella anisum l. , rumex acetosa l. , olea europaea l. and quercus lusitanica lam . showed the most repetition in itm prescriptions
these herbs can be introduced as new anti - leucorrhea herbal medicines for clinical research .
 background : leucorrhea or vaginal discharge is a conventional complaint . it is generally whitish , yellowish , or greenish vaginal discharge in females that might be normal or a symptom of infection . it is almost mucus discharge , which exhibit exfoliation of vaginal epithelial cells due to estrogen influence on the vaginal mucosa . 
 it is important to identify the differences between physiologic and pathologic discharges . 
 leucorrhea is a well - known disease in iranian traditional medicine ( itm ) . in their manuscripts , the word  
 sayalan - e rahem  was used by avicenna and some other iranian traditional practitioners to describe this condition . 
 ancient practitioners believed that excessive residue ( kesrate fozool ) and weakness of digestion ( zaafe hazm ) were the main causes of leucorrhea , for which herbal therapy was the main proposed treatment . in the present study , medicinal plants used in itm for leucorrhea are introduced.methods:in this research , six iranian traditional textbooks including canon of medicine ( avicena 980 - 1037 ad ) , a - hawi ( razes 865 - 925 ad ) , tuhfat ul - momineen ( momen tonekaboni , 17th century ) , makhzan - ul - adwiah ( aghili 18th century ) , ikhtiarat badii ( ansari 1329 - 1404 ad ) , and al - jmi li - mufradt al - adwiyawa al - aghdhiy ( ibn al - baitar 1197 ad ) were studied and searched for anti - leucorrhea medicines . 
 then the herbal medicines were selected and scored depending on their frequency in the above - mentioned textbooks . 
 additional attention was paid to provide the most suitable scientific name for each plant.results:this study introduced many materia medica with anti - leucorrhea activity and among them seven herbs including rubus fruticosus l. , rhus coriaria l. , phoenix dactylifera l. , pimpinella anisum l. , rumex acetosa l. , olea europaea l. and quercus lusitanica lam . 
 showed the most repetition in itm prescriptions.conclusion:these herbs can be introduced as new anti - leucorrhea herbal medicines for clinical research . 
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