Volume : VI, Issue : XI, November - 2017

A case study: Effect of Pracchana karma on Vitiligo wsr Shwitra

Dr. Shalini Jhanwar

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 Vitiligo is an acquired skin disease that is characterized by circumscribed, depigmented macules and patches. This skin ailment is considered as one of the kind of kushta ‘Shwitra’ because of similarity in symptoms. It affects the person’s quality of life without any organic damage due to social stigma. Besides in biomedicine, no satisfactory management of Vitiligo is present. In this case study, subject was 30 years old female and had multiple discrete hypopigmented macules and patches approximately all over the body since one and half year. Pracchana karma induced raktamokshana measures were used every 7^th day for 6 months. The assessment criteria were size and colour of the patches. The effect of Pracchana karma induced raktamokshana measures is to enhance pure blood circulation at hypopigmented area. At end of 6months pigmentation enhanced at hypopigmented area.

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DR. SHALINI JHANWAR, A case study: Effect of Pracchana karma on Vitiligo wsr Shwitra, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : VOLUME-6, ISSUE-11, NOVEMBER-2017

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