What are the symptoms of leucorrhea?

Leucorrhea generally refers to leucorrhea disease, the main cause of which is the invasion of dampness into the body. For those who suffer from leucorrhea, the amount of leucorrhea will increase significantly, and the smell and color will change significantly. Some patients will also experience itching and burning of the vulva. For this type of phenomenon, if you don’t know how to regulate yourself, you should seek medical examination and treatment in time.

What is the humid tropical zone?

The name "leucorrhea" was first seen in "The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine", while the name "leucorrhea disease" was first seen in "Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Various Diseases". Leucorrhea can be divided into broad and narrow meanings. In the broad sense, leucorrhea refers to gynecological and obstetric diseases. Since these diseases occur under the belt meridian, they are called "leucorrhea".

The main cause of leucorrhea is dampness, and the main pathogenesis is damage to the Ren and Dai meridians, as well as failure to regulate or nourish them. The treatment focuses on regulating the Ren and Dai meridians. Since leucorrhea is caused by dampness, the disease is lingering, recurs repeatedly, is not easy to heal quickly, and is often complicated by menstrual disorders, amenorrhea, infertility and other diseases. It is the second most common disease among female patients after menstrual disorders.

Symptoms of humid tropical weather

Excessive vaginal discharge is characterized by a significantly increased amount of vaginal discharge, abnormal color, texture, and taste, or accompanied by local symptoms such as itching, burning, and pain in the vulva and vagina. Those with too little vaginal discharge will have a significantly reduced amount of vaginal discharge than usual, and vaginal dryness, itching, pain or atrophy. Some patients also have low libido, pain during intercourse, low or delayed menstruation, and even amenorrhea and infertility.

How to treat humid tropical weather

The diagnosis of leucorrhea is mainly based on the amount, color, quality, taste and accompanying symptoms of leucorrhea, as well as the tongue and pulse to distinguish the cold, heat, deficiency and excess. If the leucorrhea is excessive, white or light yellow in color, clear and thin in texture, without odor, and continuous, it is mostly due to spleen deficiency and dampness; if the leucorrhea is excessive, clear and thin like water, without odor, and there is a cold sensation, it is due to kidney yang deficiency; if the leucorrhea is excessive or not too much, yellow or a mixture of red and white, thick or with an odor, it is yin deficiency with dampness; if the leucorrhea is excessive, yellow or yellow-green in color, sticky and purulent, with an odor, or like foam or bean dregs, it is due to damp-heat; if the leucorrhea is excessive, yellow-green like pus, or turbid like rice water, or red and white, or a mixture of five colors, thick, with a foul odor, it is a severe symptom of dampness, toxicity and heat. Those with small amount of vaginal discharge accompanied by symptoms such as vaginal dryness or pain during sexual intercourse have some liver and kidney deficiency. In clinical practice, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive analysis based on systemic symptoms and medical history, and make a comprehensive diagnosis.

The key to treating leukorrhea is to regulate the functions of the liver, spleen, kidney and Ren meridians. The treatment principle is to strengthen the spleen, raise yang, remove dampness and nourish yin, assisted by methods of clearing away heat and removing dampness, clearing heat and detoxifying, dispersing cold and removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. In treatment, emphasis should be placed on the idea that "leukorrhea is a symptom of dampness, and all swellings and fullnesses belong to the spleen", fully embodying the method of "treating leukorrhea requires removing dampness first, and removing dampness requires regulating the spleen first, assisted by warming the kidney and consolidating the meridians".