Abstract

MANAGEMENT OF INDRALUPTA- A CASE STUDY

Vd. Vishakha V. Nakshane* and Vd. Ganesh S. Tekale

Abstract

Introduction: Hair plays an important role in physical appearance of a person. Indralupta is a disease with vaat pitta kaph and rakta involvement characterized by hair lost from some areas of body usually from scalp. In modern medicine, Indralupta can be corelate with alopecia and steroid is only treatment for this disease. The present work has been undertaken to evaluate effect of Sthanik Chikitsa in Indralupta- management of Indralupta- A case study. Material and Methods: for present study, we have reported 43 years female patient from Twacharog OPD of Govt. Ayu. Hospital, complaining of bald spot on scalp since 7-8 months. Patient was treated with Sthanik Chikitsa. Information was collected from reference book, case paper. Conclusion: In this case study, successful management of this case with sthanik treatment is being highlighted which will be documented evidence for the further case studies.

Keywords: Indralupta, alopecia, sthanik chikitsa.