Abstract

A CASE STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF ‘SAMSHODHANOTTA LEPA CHIKITSA_ACHIKITSA SIDDHANT’ IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DADRU

Vd. Asha Prakash Pawar*, Vd. Narayan Sabu and Vd. Milind Rampurkar

Abstract

Skin diseases are becoming very common now a days. In Ayurveda all the skin disease considered in Kushtha. Kushtha is further categorised into Maha Kushtha and Kshudra Kushtha. Acharya Charaka has depicted Dadru as a Kshudra Kushtha, while according to modern sciences fungal diseases caused by fungus Tinea resembles Dadru. Dadru is a Kapha Pitta Pradhan Kushtha vyadhi. The management of Dadru includes Shodhana, Shamana and Bahiparimarjana Chikitsa.In the Bahiparimarjana chikitsa generally every Ayurvedic practitioner prefers application of lepa, but according to Acharya Charaka Samshodhanottar Lepa Chikitsa i.e. if the application of lepa is done after Raktamokshan then it is more effective and reduses Dadru in relatively less time.

Keywords: Dadru, Tinea, Ringworm, Kushtha, Raktamokshan, Samshodhan, Dadruhar lepa.