CLINICAL STUDY ON VICHARCHIKA (IRRITANT CONTACT DERMATITIS) WITH VISHAGHNA LEPA

Ankur Mishra*, Ramesh Tiwari Chandra, Alok Kumar Shrivastva

ABSTRACT

Skin is the chief wrap of the body, plays an important role in maintaining barrier between internal and external environment. Ayurveda has described all skin disease under the sunshade of the Kushtha and Kshudra Kushth, which can be listed as “Ayurvedic dermatology”. Acharya Charaka and Acharya Shusruta have separately told the concept of contact poisoning. They have mentioned external and internal effect of poison (irritants) on the body. According to Ayurveda, irritant contact dermatitis is symptomatically very similarly to Vicharchika described in various texts. In the present study 15 vicharchika (irritant contact dermatitis) patients were registered from the O.P.D., Department of Agadtantra, Rishikul Ayurvedic College, Haridwar. All patients completed their treatment. The aim of the study was to evaluate the role of selected ayurvedic medicines on the management of Vicharchika. The treatment schedule was to apply vishaghna lepa applied locally over the affected area twice a day for a period of 45 days. In present study overall Result of Group is 35.3%. No adverse drug reaction was found in this clinical study.

Keywords: Kushtha, Kshudra kushth, Dermatology, Dermatitis, Vicharchika, Vishaghna.