Abstract

CLINICAL EVALUATION OF DANTADHYA LEPA (TOPICAL) AND KRISHNA TILA (ORAL) IN ARSHA (HAEMORRHOIDS)

Archana Singh* and Neelam Gupta

Abstract

Arsha is a fairly common disease all over the world and is notorious due to its anatomical situation and it is a disease of guda which is a Marma and it is well known for its chronicity and is difficult to treat. Treatment of Arsha by Bhaiśaja does not produce the complications like putrification, pain and bleeding etc like the other modalities of the treatment. So Dantadhya lepa, indicated for the treatment of Arśha as local application and Black til, orally were selected for the present study. Patients were assessed on 7th, 14th and 21st day of treatment for the effect of the drugs. A maximum period of 21 days was kept for follow up study. The present study is first work on the effect of Dantadhya lepa, topically and Krishna til, orally in the management of Arśha at Rishikul State P.G. Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Haridwar, Uttarakhand Ayurved University, Dehradun, Uttrakhand. Most of the patients 12(38.71%) (11 males,1 female) included in this study group were of 1° piles, while there were 11(35.48%)(10 males,1 female) patients with 2° piles. There were 7(22.58%)(6-males,1-female) patients of 3° piles. Only 1(3.23%) male patient of 4°piles alone was included in this study. Out of Total 31 patients treated in this study: 18(58.06%) patients were cured; 3(9.68%) patients showed marked improvement; 5(16.13%) patients showed moderate improvement; and 5(16.13%) patients showed mild improvement.

Keywords: Ar?ha, Dantadhya lepa, Black til.