Govt Cautions Women Against Using Vaginal Product
PPB thus warned that the product poses a possible public health risk as its quality and safety could not be guaranteed.
Marvin Chege 
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has warned Kenyans against the use of a common vaginal product known as Yoni Pearls, which are also referred to as vaginal detox pearls, herbal tampons, cleansing pearls, or vaginal pearls.
In a statement seen by Viral Tea, the government authority noted that Yoni Pearls are not registered, nor allowed for use in Kenya as per the law.
PPB thus warned that the product poses a possible public health risk as its quality and safety could not be guaranteed.
"The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) wishes to advise the general public against the use of a product known as "Yoni Pearls", which may also be referred to as vaginal detox pearls, herbal tampons, cleansing pearls, or vaginal pearls.
Pharmacy and Poisons Board offices. /FILE
"The PPB notifies the public that "Yoni Pearls" is neither registered nor authorized for use in Kenya as required under the Pharmacy and Poisons Act (Cap 244). Therefore, their usage poses potential public health risks as the PPB cannot guarantee their quality, safety or efficacy," the statement read in part.
PPB thus strongly advised against the distribution, supply, sale or use of the aforementioned product and any other unregistered products with similar claims.
What are Yoni Pearls?
Yoni pearls are usually advertised as a vaginal detox or vaginal cleanse. They contain multiple herbs wrapped in small mesh cloth “gems” or “pearls.” and are used by inserting them into the vagina, sometimes for over 24 hours.
People who sell yoni pearls claim that they treat a variety of health concerns. These include “toxin buildup” from menstrual products or past sexual partners, yeast infections, bacterial vaginosis (BV), and even fibroids and cysts.
How are they supposed to work?
One creator of the product says the herbs in these pearls create a “pulling effect that draws toxins, bad bacteria, dead cells, old blood clots, mucus and more from your yoni, while at the same time tightening your yoni and deterring vaginal dryness and other ailments.”
Another says that the nuggets detox the uterus, cleanse the vagina, quell vaginal inflammation, promote a healthier reproductive system, and even help with endometriosis, irregular periods, fibroids, PCOS, blocked tubes, and ovarian cysts.
“There’s zero research that any of the vaginal pearls, or the herbs in them, are good for your vagina or uterus, let alone that putting them in your vagina for that amount of time would do anything other than cause harm,” stated Lauren Streicher, MD, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynaecology and the author of “Sex Rx: Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever", as quoted by Healthline.com
Why do people use them?
People make yoni pearls because it’s highly profitable to feed into people’s shame about the way their genitals smell, look, and function, according to Streicher. People buy yoni pearls because of that same genital shame.
Spread through marketing, media, and misogynists, “the idea that vaginas are smelly, offensive, and dirty has been going around our culture for a long, long time,” Streicher says.
Unfortunately, combined with a lack of education about how the vagina is supposed to look, smell, and function, this shame leads people to buy products that are downright dangerous.
The global feminine hygiene products market was valued at $38.9 billion (Ksh5.6 trillion) in 2020 and is projected to reach $68.7 billion (Ksh9.8 trillion) by 2030.
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