At this point I need to say I have no experience in recommending any of these personally to any of my patients, but there are excellent references available that summarize these and other herbal remedies for female sexual dysfunction problems discussed in this chapter. Some herbalists add calendula for tissues that are extremely irritated. At that point the strained formula is recommended once a day until symptoms clear. When the irritative symptoms persist, even after treatment of an infection or in the absence of an infection, some women have found that certain herbal preparations have been effective. These changes are usually indicative of an overgrowth of a microorganism, whether bacterial or nonbacterial. Based on what the irritative source may be, the consistency, color, and odor of the discharge will vary along with some other symptoms such as itching and burning.

This preparation has been recommended with first boiling the herbs, letting the solution cool, followed by straining the formula. For the application of herbal preparations for vaginal douche, a general formula for vaginitis is two teaspoons each of powdered goldensealand myrrh plus one-half teaspoon ofginger per pint of water. John 'swort, one cup for irrigation, or as an extract (1 teaspoon) up to three times, a day has been recommended. When the problem is chronic, St. Goldenseal and echinacea together or blue cohosh, comfrey, raspberry leaf, or oatstraw have been utilized for vaginitis, as well. It's been recommended to continue these herbs for a month after symptoms have cleared. The usual dose of goldenseal and cranesbill is one-half to one teaspoon of tincture up to three times a day. Note, this is not to be taken instead of appropriate antibiotics per your physician. Goldenseal and cranesbill may help reduce mucuslike discharge. Take one teaspoon of tincture of these herbs up to three times daily for three months. Beth root, white poplar, cranesbill, and false unicorn root are useful for a discharge that is thin and watery. The following herbal preparations, used either singly or in combination, have been popular for this problem; Citrus seed extract, garlic, undecylenic acid, aprytic acid are popular oral herbal treatments.

A vaginal discharge is not necessarily a sign of illness, but one should make their physician aware and be treated appropriately. Vaginitis is a condition where, due to an irritant, whether bacterial, yeast, noninfectious, such as related to douches or spermacides or sexual activity, the vaginal lining becomes irritated and there's a discharge of increased secretions from the vagina. The usual dose is one capsule or one teaspoon of tincture up to three times a day.