ABSTRACT

Vitiligo is a common autoimmune skin disorder that causes pigmentation over body. It is of great sociomedical importance. Due to melanocytes deficiency, white spots appeared on body. Vitiligo have major impact on quality of life of patients, many of Vitiligo patients feel stigmatized and depressed by their condition. It can be correlated with Shvitra in Ayurveda. Due to side effects and limitation of the modern contemporary practice, some harmless and effective medicines are expected from Alternative medical sciences. Ayurveda has great potential to treat such autoimmune skin diseases. In Ayurveda treatment of shwitra kushtha includes shodhana i.e. panchkarma and shaman chikitsa. Here a case of 24 yr. old female patient of shwitra (vitiligo) treated with Ayurvedic management is recorded. This treatment includes aarogya vardhini vati, krumi kuthar rasa, manjistha kwath, swayambhuva guggul & bakuchi taila. Keywords: vitiligo, Autoimmune, Shvitra, kushta, Shodhana, shaman, Ayurveda, aarogya vardhini vati, krumi kuthar rasa, Maha Manjishthadi kwath, swayambhuva guggul & bakuchi taila
Publication date: 05/03/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.3.1074