Abstract

AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF VITILIGO (SHWITRA) WITH THE APPLICATION OF BAKUCHI OIL

*Dr. Kunal Arunrao Gawande, Dr. Madhumati Nawkar Mam and

Abstract

Vitiligo is a chronic skin condition that causes the loss of skin pigment i.e. melanocyte resulting in white patches on the skin. In Ayurveda Vitiligo can be termed as Shwitra and cited under the category of Kushta rogas.[1] It is cause by the imbalance of all the three doshas vitiating rakta, mamsa and medas. A 55-yr old Female came to the opd with complaints of chalky white patches with hypopigmented patches without itching over the chest, neck and back for 6 years gradually increasing. The patient was treated with an Ayurvedic topical medication of Bakuchi oil with half hour exposure of early morning sun light. After treatment there was a repigmentation of skin. the treatment modalities show efficacy of bakuchi oil in changing the colour of chalky white patches to pinkish inferring that treatment with ayurveda has approach to manage the condition like Vitiligo Shwitra.

Keywords: Vitiligo, shwitra, Bakuchi Oil, Arogyavardhini vati.