"Management of Psoriasis by Ayurveda- A Case Study." Array Section Case Report

Abstract

Psoriasis is one of the diseases of skin. Skin is an organ which comes in front of everyone’s eye. Every person in the world likes to look beautiful but due to some skin diseases a person has to deal with some situations like lack of confidence. In Ayurveda all skin diseases come under one banner i.e. kushtha. Due to vitiation of tridosha and dhatus like rakta and mansa various types of kushtha are formed. Psoriasis can be related to ekkushtha in Ayurveda by its clinical features. In modern medicine there is no complete treatment of skin diseases but in Ayurveda psoriasis can be healed. We need to explore medication in Ayurveda to fight against such diseases. In this case study a male of 42 years suffering from psoriasis , since 30 years history was cured by shodhana and shaman therapy.