Ayurvedic visha hara (antitoxic) chikitsa in recurrent dyshidrotic eczema skin disease: A case report
Authors
Ravi Dhaliya
aDepartment of Agada Tantra Evum Vyavhara Ayurveda, Babe Ke Ayurvedic Medical College, VPO Daudhar, Moga, 142053, Punjab, India
Harish Babu
bDepartment of Agada Tantra Evumvyavhara Ayurveda, Sushrutha Ayurvedic Medical College & Hospital, Bengaluru, karnataka, 560105, India
Keywords:
Ayurvedic, Dy shidrotic Eczema, Visaphota, VishaHara, Kustha
Abstract
Dyshidrotic eczema is a chronic, enigmatic condition that usually affects the hands and feet that probably accounts for about 5%–20% of hand eczemas. In Ayurveda various skin manifestation are mentioned under different chapter & context like kushtha, visarpa, kshudra kushtha, vidradi, krimi roga, keeta visha (insect bite), Garavisha & Dooshi visha (latent toxicity).Visphota variety of kushtha is characterized by pustules which are either white or reddish in appearance. These pustules have a thin skin and it is pitta-kapha predominant. The ayurvedic diagnosis was made as “Dushivisha janya visaphota kushtha” and treatment was done basis on this. There was not a single cases on the internet treated on Ayurvedic line of management thus the present article was prepared to assess the role of Visha Hara and Rasayan Chikitsa in such emerging automimmune skin condition. Improvement in the skin lesion were observed after a period of 1 months of regular treatment and complete remission with no further attack after 2-month follow-up. The improvement was observable through the follow-up photograph.
Keywords: Ayurvedic, Dy shidrotic Eczema, Visaphota, VishaHara, Kustha
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