Description of Sexual Dysfunction in Females in Ancient Medicine

Abstract

Sexual dysfunctions tend to affect the well being of individuals. Female sexual dysfunction refers to
problems of sexual desire, orgasm, arousal and sexual pain. Most of the studies on sexual dysfunctions
primarily focus on men than on women. The present article was written to understand the conceptual
changes about female sexual dysfunctions in various time periods. It was seen that not much focus was
given to problems of females in ancient times. They were considered to be responsible for unholy
desires of men and marriage was considered to be the solution of problems present in females. With the
advancements in the field of psychiatry, female sexual dysfunctions came to be understood in a better
way and were also included as a separate disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual.