Abstract

SHIROLEPA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF KHALITYA: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Dr. Mitali Sonawane*, Dr. Avinash Jadhav and Dr. Jyoti Khandare

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Abstract

In today’s corporate life, prime importance is given to our appearance, personality and beauty. Hair plays an important role in it and makes a person mentally enthusiastic and healthy. In ayurveda hair fall or loss has been described by the name of Khalitya roga under the heading of kshudra roga or shiroroga. Khalitya is affecting approximately 1.7% of world population. In India up to 40% of men and 25% of women are victims of hair fall. Changing lifestyle, unhealthy dietery habits leads to khalitya. Khalitya is primarily a pitta dominant tridoshajanya vyadhi i.e. vata, pitta, kapha and rakta dosha. Vitited pitta along with vitiated vata leads to weakening of hair from hair roots. Vitiated kapha along with rakta obstruct the hair roots which prevent further growth of hair. In ayurveda various bahya and abhyantar chikitsa is described for khalitya. Those are shiroabhyanga, shirolepana, nasya, raktamokshan, rasayan therapies. Among them shirolepana play important role in normalising the vitiated doshas which is responsible for khalitya. Before shirolepana prachchhana karma is done so the effectiveness of lepana dravyas increases. In ayurveda, the treatment protocol selected for samprapti vighatana was very effective as prachchhana for strotasa dushti sanga and shirolepa for vyadhi shaman. Prachchhana karma is done for removal of obstruction at romakoopa and later application of shirolepa enhances hair growth by its keshya guna and tridoshashamak property. Present study is carried out to know the role of shirolepa in the management of khalitya.

Keywords: Khalitya, Shirolepa, Hair loss, Prachchhana.