Abstract

AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF LEUKOPLAKIA - A CASE STUDY

Dr. Kalyani R. Dhawale*, Dr. Govind Tundalwar and Dr. Asmita Deogade

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Abstract

Oral leukoplakia (OL) is a premalignant lesion described as “a predominant white lesion of the oral mucosa which cannot be defined as any other known lesion”.[1] OL located on the floor of the mouth, soft palate and tongue are considered as high-risk lesions, while in other areas, they may be considered as of low malignancy risk. A Forty five years old female patient had complaints of white lesion on left lateral surface of buccal mucosa, along with burning sensation since 4- 5 months. She was diagnosed with Leukoplakia and she had taken allopathic medicine since 1year but it was inversely relapsed, not given complete history of allopathic medication so for further treatment she came here. She was treated with Pippali Churna Pratisaran with madhu, along with Triphala Haridra Saindhav gandush orally for a period of 3 months. After 3 month therapy, white lesion became disappear and no burning sensation. Thus this patient was successfully treated with above therapy with no recurrence or any complications till date.

Keywords: Oral Leukoplakia, Pippali Churna Pratisaran, Triphala Haridra Saindhav gandush.