DRAVYA PRAYOGA IN VISARPA
Anoosha Adiga*, Nisarga K. S., Pradeep and Prakash L. Hegde
Abstract
Dravyaguna is a unique fundamental branch in ayurveda which deals
with different dravyas along with their application in healthy and
diseased conditions. Herbs are the major sources of medicine for
different types of diseases. Classical text describes the prayoga of
these dravyas based on the disease conditions. Visarpa is a disease
manifested due to the involvement of Pittapradhana tridosha dusti. As
this disease is of acute onset and immediate spread, it should be treated
in earlier stage only. It is classified into different types based on
predominant dosha involved. The treatment principle includes
shodhana of vitiated dosha followed by different types of local applications. The clinical
features of visarpa correlates with that of Herpes zoster which is characterized by discrete
vesicles and burning discomfort in the affected dermatomes. Antiviral therapy is the main
line of management in this condition. The present work tries to compile different types of
dravvya prayoga internally and externally as explained by Brahatrayi, Laghutrayi and other
classical literatures along with online articles related to clinical study on Visarpa.
Keywords: Ayurveda, Visarpa, Herpes zoster, Virechana, Raktamokshana.
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