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