TCM's understanding of the causes of vaginitis

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that vaginitis is caused by the liver, spleen, and kidney as well as the evils of wind, cold, dampness, and heat.

1. Liver and kidney yin deficiency

The vulva and vagina are where the meridians are clustered and the tendons gather. The Chong and Ren meridians and the three Yin meridians of the foot (the Spleen Meridian of the Foot, the Kidney Meridian of the Foot, and the Liver Meridian of the Foot) all pass through here. The liver stores blood and governs the tendons; the kidney stores essence and governs the front and back yin meridians. If the body is not strong enough, sexual intercourse and childbirth are frequent, the essence and blood are damaged, or the kidney yin is deficient at the age of 79, the heavenly essence is exhausted, the Chong and Ren meridians are weak, the yin blood is insufficient, and the yin cannot be nourished, or the yin is deficient and the fire is strong, the yin is damaged and the collaterals are burned, which can cause vaginitis.

2. Liver meridian stagnation and heat

The liver meridian of foot Jueyin goes around the genitals. If the seven emotions are hurt, the liver will be depressed and qi will stagnate. The depression will turn into heat for a long time, and the heat will burn the meridians. The liver fails to release qi, the qi mechanism is not good, the water and dampness are transported and transformed abnormally, and the water and dampness stagnate and fight with the depressed heat, causing dampness and heat to flow down and directly invade the genitals, causing genital pain and leukorrhea. "Leukorrhea" in Jingqing Zhu Nvke says: "Women's worry hurts the spleen, and the anger hurts the liver. Therefore, the depressed fire of the liver meridian burns inside, suppressing the spleen earth, and the spleen earth cannot be transported and transformed, causing dampness and heat to accumulate between the belt meridian."

3. Dampness and heat

Damp-heat is a disease, which can be divided into endogenous and exogenous. Endogenous ones are often related to spleen deficiency, liver depression or excessive consumption of greasy food. Exogenous ones are often caused by the emptiness of the uterus after menstruation and childbirth, and damp-heat evil takes advantage of the opportunity to enter the uterus, directly attacking the genital organs and causing vaginal inflammation symptoms such as leucorrhea and vaginal pain.