Abstract

EVALUATION OF STATUS OF SERUM ELECTROLYTES W.R.T. VIRECHANA KARMA IN PSORIASIS

Sharayu Kachole* and Niranjan Rao

Abstract

The present world demands evidence based practice. Psoriasis is a common, chronic inflammatory, non-communicable, hyper proliferative skin disease with no clear cause or cure which has a wide prevalence and is treated on the lines of Kushta according to Ayurveda. Virechana is one of the Panchakarma that is practiced widely all over for the management of Kushta and involves large bouts of bowel evacuations. Fluid loss from the GI tract on such a scale is supposed to be a cause for fluid and electrolyte imbalance. Hence, this study was up taken to evaluate the levels of serum electrolytes before and after Virechana karma and help to prove its safety.

Keywords: Virechana, Serum electrolytes, Psoriasis, Ap dhatu, Fluid balance.