Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

ROLE OF VIRECHANA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF VIPADIKA A CASE STUDY

Dr. Rabiya B, Dr. Shridhara Bs.

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Ayurveda is a science of life and aims of the ayurveda, are to maintain the health of the healthy person and cure the diseased. All skin diseases in ayurveda  have been considered under the headings of kushtha. Vipadika is one of such diseases which have been included under the heading of KshudraKushtha. Vipadika is correlated with palmer–planter psoriasis which is a chronic skin disease which mainly affects palms and sole region. Especially palmer–planter psoriasis is painful fissures and bleeding which are more common, psoriasis is characterized by hyper proliferation and abnormal differentiation of epidermal karetinocides,infiltrationby T–lymphocytes and various endothelial vascular changes in the dermis. A treatment which is given in Panchakarma is virechana and lepa, a 40 years old male patient suffering from cracks in the palm and sole region since 15 years with increase from last 2 years was treated with virechana karma, followed by lepa. After 2 months of treatment results noticed in his symptoms like as in erythematous lesions pruritus, scales and fissures of sole and palm, disturbed sleep were decreased and improvement in the treatment of panchakarma without any adverse effect.

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Dr.Rabiya B, Dr.Shridhara BS., ROLE OF VIRECHANA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF VIPADIKA A CASE STUDY, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-6 | June-2018

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