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Medicinal Plants Used for Gynecological Disorders

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Gynecological disorders are related to the female reproductive system (Buragohain 2008; Akour et al. 2016). It covers a large spectrum of diseases that affect female fertility and related disorders (Akour et al. 2016). This disease has a causal relationship with prevailing factors such as physical and/or social in the population and their surroundings (Ciebiera et al. 2021). Some suffer either due to physical condition or exposure (nutritional status, environment, exposure to bacteria or viruses, etc.) or social conditions (education, income level, culture, etc.) (Vidyasagar and Prashantkumar 2007; Ciebiera et al. 2021). The malignancies significantly contribute to cancer prevalence, with a higher rate of mortality and morbidity (Bibi et al. 2017). These malignancies differ in different geographical areas as well as varying environments, lifestyles, genetic patterns, and socioeconomic aspects (Zhang et al. 2004). Reproductive health issues form 18% of the total global diseases (Kaingu et al. 2011; Aziz et al. 2018). The gynecological problems in present-day societies are treated with allopathic medicines, surgery, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. All these pose risks to the health of females in particular for the fetus at the gestation stage or entire pregnancy (Lawal et al. 2013; Aziz et al. 2018).

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Malik, K., Ahmad, M., Öztürk, M., Altay, V., Zafar, M., Sultana, S. (2021). Medicinal Plants Used for Gynecological Disorders. In: Herbals of Asia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85222-1_3

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