Effect of an ayurvedic medication orally and lodhradi lepa locally in the management of yuvanpidika (acne vulgaris)– a single case study.
Keywords:
mukhdushika, yuvanpidika, tarunyapidika, youvan pidika, araktawarnata, acne vulgaris, lodhradi lepa.Abstract
Face is a representation of any human personality and we know first impression is last impression. Yuvanpidika or mukhadushika in ayurveda describe under the heading of kshudra roga. It is mostly seen in teenagers and young adults 16 to 25 years group (yuvan / youvan group) so it is called yuvan pidika (youvan pidika) or tarunyapidika or mukhdushika. Due to vitiation of kapha, vata, rakta symptoms like araktawarnata (redness), daha (burning sensation), vedana (pain), after some days it show puyotpatti (pus formation). In modern it compared with acne vulgaris. It is common chronic skin disease involving blockage and or inflammation of pilosebaceous unit (hair follicle and their accompanying sebaceous gland).
Case report – A 21year female patient healthy before 6 months then she gradually started complaints with araktawarnata (redness) with a small pidika over bilateral cheeks along with inflammation and pain from six months so patient was treated with oral ayurvedic medication (arogyavardhini vati, gandhak rasayana, dashmool kwath) and lodhradi lepa locally for 45 days and she got remarkable result in the symptoms of araktawarnata, daha, Vedana and also decreased in no. of pidika.
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