Abstract

AN ARTICLE EFFICACY OF VIRECHANA AND LEPA IN THE MANAGMENT OF VICHARCHIKA

Sahil Basotra* and Rimpy Sharma

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Abstract

Beauty is either skin deep i.e. superficial or the purity of soul itself the later which is implied to satwa guna is penultimate and is beyond physical affliction. Complection, colour etc. Attribute to the healthy status of twak and the humour and the former is mean of sensory perception and the vata dosha prevades in it. People who live in urban areas and in climate with low humidity seen to be at increase risk for develpoing atopic dermititis. W.H.O. reveals that more than 75 milion people all over the world have this disease. Vicharchika, one of the most common but miserable twak vikara affecting all the age of population still stands as a challange to different medical system. Doshadushya sammurchana reveals pathological involvement of pitta and rakta in menifestation of vicharchika. Among shodhana procedure for pitta pradhan dosha and rakta pradhan dushti 'virechana' is the choice of treatment. According to Sushruta if dosha are located in twak, rakta, mamsa first shodana should be done and then go for alpena, etc. As khadira is said to be the best kusthaghana dravya by almost all the acharayas. So khadira ghita is used as shodhananga snehapana and lepana purposes in this study. In this study 30 patients are selected and divided into 2 groups each having 05 patients. The response observe and evaluate using paired t test to observe pre post significance.

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