A single case study of treating Pityriasis rosea (Karappan pitham) with Siddha medicine
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES - Year 2019, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
The Siddha system of medicine is mainly practiced in southern part of India. It is one of the earliest traditional medicine systems in the world which treats not only the body but also the mind and soul. Pityriasis rosea is relatively common skin condition that causes a temporary rash, manifests as an acute, self limiting, papulosquamous eruption with a duration of 6-8 weeks on the body, it is more common in older children and young adults. It may consider as karappan pitham in siddha literature, the signs and symptoms are related to the Pitryiasis rosea, In siddha system it may due to increased of pitham among three doshas,Other conventional therapy are unsatisified, this patient is treated with Sivanaramritham (siddha medicine) denoted in Siddha vaidya thirattu. The signs and symptoms are completely reduced and patient is followed for 6 months. There is no reoccurrence of the disease. The case of Pityriasis rosea, here which was intervened successfully with siddha medicine.
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Navinkumar. M Ahamed Mohideen M
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- DOI 10.22192/ijcrms.2019.05.01.002
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