CLINICAL STUDY OF LODHRADI LEPA ON MUKHADUSHIKA
Vda. Archana Suhas Wadkar and *Vda. Gauri Deepak Fitwe
ABSTRACT
Tarunyapitika is one of the Kshudraroga mentioned in different classical texts by Acharya?s. Mukhadushika is synonym of Tarunyapitika. Acharya Sushruta, has explained about Mukhdushika in the „Kshudraroga?. Along with Acharya sushruta, different acharyas like Bhavprakash, Madhav, Vagbhata have explained that the eruptions like shalmali thorn on face during adulthood caused by Kapha, Vata and Rakta are known as Mukhdushika or Tarunyapitika. Bhavprakash described Lepa of a combination of three drugs Lodhra, Dhanyak and Vacha in the treatment of the Tarunyapitika. These drugs are commonly available, non toxic and can be used safely for external and internal application, hence these drugs are selected for the present research work.
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