Abstract

MANAGEMENT OF INDRALUPTA (ALOPACIA ARRETA) WITH AYURVEDA – A CASE REPORT

*Dr. Mamta and Dr. Bishan Kumar

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Abstract

Ayurveda is the ancient system considered to be treasure of the therapeutic knowledge in the world. The incidences of skin diseases in the population is shooting up in alarming rate most common is Indralupta. Alopecia areata, characterised by hair loss can be correlated with Indralupta in ayurveda. As the hair is the first noticeable part of beauty for women as well as men. which is having chief complaint of hair loss on body especially on scalp without any clinical inflammatory sign And as the head with dense hair is most impressive part of the body helping one to withstand with confidence. Patch in the forn have no age limit and it can affect anyone for that matter irrelevant of the sex, color and origin. Age, Excessive living in humidity area prolonged, Unhealthy diet, Obeysity, Diabetes, psoriasis and other skin allergies, Unhygienic condition of scalp or High exposure of scalp to dust, dirt, germs are common causes of Inderlupta. In Ayurveda various treatment principles are explained like administration of drugs internally, external application of drugs, shirodhara and so on. In ancient Ayurvedic texts, there are many o herbs oil described which has excellent keshaya properties. Getting clues from these, local application of Gandhak has been used in case of Inderlupta The obtained results and primary observations have shown very encouraging outcomes. We hereby present the following case of Inderlupta which was successfully treated.

Keywords: Inderlupta, Gandhak Malahar.