AN OPEN LABEL SINGLE ARM CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF VATANKURADI LEPA WITH KHADIRA ARISTA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MUKHADUSHIKA VIS-À-VIS ACNE VULGARIS
Dr. Ankush Paul*f, Dr. Ashwini A. and Dr. Sowmya S. B.
ABSTRACT
Acne vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory disease of the pilosebaceous follicles characterized by comedones, papules, pustules & often scars, chiefly on cheeks, chin, nose & forehead. It is one of the most prevalent skin disorders affecting 80% in adolescent age group around the world. Modern medical treatment which includes oral antibiotics and topical applications are associated with many side effects, bacterial resistance, irritation of the skin, peeling, and recurrence. In Ayurvedic texts, this disease has been described by the name of Mukhaduhika or Yuvanapidaka. Mukhadushika is a kshudraroga which mainly involves kapha and vatadosha with rakta. In Ayurvedic classics many shodhana and shamana therapy are considered to be the effective in management of Mukhadushika. To remove the aggravated doshas locally Lepa is considered to be the best form of treatment. Lepas not only treat the acne but also increase the skin complexion. Keeping this in mind, the present study was planned to evaluate the effect of vatankuradi lepa as bahya Chikitsa along with Khadirarista internally. An Open Label Single Arm Clinical Study was done on 20 patients of Mukhadushika(Acne Vulgaris)were selected from OPD & IPD of RAMC&RC Bengaluru. Patients were given Vatankuradi lepa for localapplication once a day till lepa gets dry along with Khadira Arista 15ml was administered internally with equal quantity of water in the morning and evening after food. Total of 30days study was taken up. The effect of treatment has showed statistically highly significant results with p value <0.001 in almost all the parameters.
Keywords: Mukhadushika, Acne Vulgaris, Vatankuradi lepa, Khadirarista.
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