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 .