A CASE STUDY – ROLE OF VAMANA KARMA AND RASAUSHDHI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF KITIBHA
Jaspreet Singh*, Vivek Thakur and Kiran Vashisth
ABSTRACT
Psoriasis is a disease of skin and it also affects the joints on chronicity.
It usually appears in the form of red scaly patches on the skin.
Psoriasis is characterized by sharply defined erythemato-squamous
lesions which are of papulo-squamous. Their size may vary from
pinpoint to large plaques. This a chronic recurring condition which
varies in severity from minor localized patches to complete body
coverage. It is said to be idiopathic, but it is believed to have a genetic
component also. Several factors such as stress, excessive alcohol
consumption and smoking are thought to aggravate psoriasis. Kitibha
Kushtha is a Kshudra Kushtha which is specially Vatta-Kapha
predominant disease, In Ayurveda, it is considered as the complex of
all Skin Diseases, The Imbalance of the doshas is the root cause which
results in such Skin Diseases. Thus Detoxification of doshas and balancing of the Doshas
form / in the Body with the help of Panchakarma is considered to be the best, This clinical
study is carried out to evaluate the effect of sequential administration of Abhyanga, Swedana
and Vamana karma with rasaushdhi in patient of Psoriasis.
Keywords: Abhyanga, Swedana and Vamana karma.
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