Abstract

AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF MUKHDUSIKA (ACNE VULGARIS)- A CASE STUDY

Dr. Arti Sharma*, Dr. Alankruta R. Dave and Dr. Om Pandey

Abstract

“The face is the soul of the body” – Ludwig Wittgenstein. A healthy and clear facial impression plays the important part for the development of the personality. Mukhdusika (Acne vulgaris) disease mostly affects the young age population. It affects the most prominent part of our body, the face. Among the multifactorial etiology of acne hormonal imbalance and infections are most important. There are many treatment protocols present in the modern and alternate therapeutic sciences for the treatment of acne but all appear with some kind of drawbacks or some side effect or may be very costly. Ayurveda have unique concept for the beauty and cost effective therapy for longlasting impact with minimal or absent side effects. In This case a 19 yrs old male patient presented with the chief complaints of Mukhdusika. Only two drugs were used for the treatment and produced good results. Raktasodhana and Srotoshodhana is basic treatment module. In this case only one oral drug and one local application drug was used. After duration of 8 weeks treatment significant relief was observed in the sign and symptoms of Mukhdusika.

Keywords: Mukhdusika, Acne vulgaris, Cosmetology, Yuvana Pidika, TarunyaPidika.