Efficacy of herbal formulation in Ek Kushta (Palmar Psoriasis) - A Case Study

  • Shivangi Mittal Post Graduate Scholar, Dept. of Dravyaguna, Govt. Dhanwantri Ayurveda College, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • Kavita Malviya Post Graduate Scholar, Dept. of Dravyaguna, Govt. Dhanwantri Ayurveda College, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • Shiromani Mishra Associate Professor, Dept. of Dravyaguna, Govt. Dhanwantri Ayurveda College, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Keywords: Ek Kushta, Psoriasis, Skin Disorder, Ayurveda

Abstract

Beauty in today's world is a blend of qualities including shape, colour, and an alluring, charismatic personality, usually used to impress people, but it should be upheld by appropriate behaviour. However, one should have a variety of skin disorders because of Pragyaparadha, certain psychological factors, or a lack of courage and immunity. In this case report a 45-year male patient visited Kayachikitsa OPD with complaint of itching, dryness, black scaly patch in right palm since 6 months. He took allopathic medication last for 6 months but does not got relief. Then he decided to take Ayurvedic treatment for further management. After treatment of 2 months, he gets significant improvement in itching, dryness and blackish scaly patch in right palm region. In this given study, scope of Ayurvedic treatment in untreatable, chronic skin diseases can be proved a safer, cheaper and sustained alternatives to the synthetic drugs.

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DOI: 10.21760/jaims.10.3.59
Published: 2025-05-17
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Shivangi Mittal, Kavita Malviya, Shiromani Mishra. Efficacy of herbal formulation in Ek Kushta (Palmar Psoriasis) - A Case Study. J Ayurveda Integr Med Sci [Internet]. 2025May17 [cited 2025May22];10(3):389 -32. Available from: https://www.jaims.in/jaims/article/view/4110
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