A Comparative Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Khadirashtak Kwath & Haridradi Lepa with 777 oil along with Virechana in the Management of Ekkushtha w.s.r. to Psoriasis
Journal Title: International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
Skin disorders are one of the burning problems of modern scientific era. The word ‘Kushtha’ is a broad term, which covers almost all skin disorder and it is further classified into MahaKushtha and KshudraKushtha1 . In Ayurveda "Ekkushta" has been described under the disease "KshudraKushtha”. According to Acharya Charak, Ekkushtha is due to vitiation of Vata & Kapha. The clinical feature of Ekkushtha described by Acharya Kashyap represents remission, relapse and seasonal variation which are present in Psoriasis. There are many treatments available but because of its chronic recurrent nature psoriasis is a challenge to treat. Considering its chronic and recurrent nature a study entitled“A comparative clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of Khadirashtak Kwath2 & Haridradi Lepa3 with 777 oil along with Virechana in the management of Ekkushtha w.s.r. to Psoriasis” was undertaken in 30 psoriatic patients for 2 months. The present study is aimed at finding effective treatment of Ekkushtha. Overall response of Group I was excellent in 14.28% patients and marked improvement in 28.57% patients, it was better than overall response of Group II which showed only mild improvement in maximum (66.67%) patients.
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Shweta Singh, Om Prakash Singh, Dinesh Kumar Goyal, Punita Pandey
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