Abstract

A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY OF KUSTHADI LEPA AND DARVYADI LEPA ALONG WITH KUSTHAGHNA MAHAKASHAYA KWATH IN MANAGEMENT OF SIDHMA KUSTHA

Sunita Saini* and B. K. Sevatkar

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Abstract

Now a day skin disease are very common. Skin disease are common at any age of the individual but they are particularly frequent in the elderly. All the skin disease in Ayurveda have been under the heading of Kustha. Which are further divided into Mahakustha and Kshudrakustha. Sidhma is considered as Mahakustha according to Acharya charka but Kshudrakustha according to Acharya sushruta. Its Dosha predominance Vata-Kapha. Thus, Sidhma can be defined as a clinical entity characterized by hypo-pigmented lesions primarily on the upper body. Lesions itch rarely and may be hyper-pigmented in certain people, scaling occurs only if the lesion is scratched off with a blunt scalpel; there is no spontaneous scaling. As per symptomatology Sidhma Kustha is widely consider to be Tinea versicolor (tinea pityriasis) in modern science. Aims: To assess the efficacy of Kusthadi Lepa and Darvyadi Lepa along with Kusthaghna Mahakashaya Kwath in management of Sidhma Kustha, To compare the efficacy of Kusthadi Lepa and Darvyadi Lepa along with Kusthaghna Mahakashaya Kwath. Materials & methods: sixty clinically diagnosed patients of Sidhma Kustha were selected and divided into two groups. Pattern of study: Randomized, Parallel, and interventional clinical trial. Results: The result was highly significant for all the subjective and objective parameters. Conclusion: It can be concluded from Upasayatmaka study that Darvyadi Lepa is proved more efficient than Kusthadi Lepa.

Keywords: Sidhma Kustha, Kusthadi Lepa, Darvyadi Lepa and Kusthaghna Mahakashaya Kwath.