A SUCCESSFUL CLINICAL STUDY ON MANAGEMENT OF VISARPA (HERPES ZOSTER) THROUGH AYURVEDA
Dr. Pushkar Rai*, Dr. Mahesh Parappagoudra, Dr. Shahin Khan Pathan and Dr. K. B. Roy
ABSTRACT
Visarpa is one of the commonest skin disorder which is widely explained in Ayurveda and is one of the most common skin ailments suffered by large population worldwide. The clinical features contemplates with Herpes Zoster which is an active transmitting viral disease causing painful skin rashes with blisters in localized areas. The case presented here of a 19 year old female who came with complaints of Sukshma Pidika over the Udara and Prushtha Pradesh along with other associated complaints severely at night time and mild fever since 3 days. As an emergency treatment immediately, Siravedhana was done and along with that Shamana Aushadhi like Chandrakala vati etc. was given to the patient. Consecutively 2 sittings of Siravedhana were done at an interval of 3 days. Assessment of the treatment was done on the basis of improvement in signs and symptoms of Visarpa. Lesions of Visarpa (Herpes Zoster) were found completely crusted and healed within 1 week of treatment. The detailed case is presented in the full paper.
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