A Comparative Pharmaceutico-Analytical & Clinical Study of Kushtadalanarasa Evam Gandhakadi Yoga W.S.R. to Pama (Scabies)

Abstract

Healthy Skin is the reflection of Healthy Body wherein the affliction of former will not only have an impact on Somatic make-up but also on Psychological and Social aspects of an individual. Pama (Scabies) is one among the Kshudra Kushthas with Kapha Pitta 5 predominant disorder explained under Kushtha. Though Herbal and Rasoushadhis individually have their own importance in Ayurveda, but multitude effects of drugs are under consideration now a day and hence a combination of herbo-mineral drugs became more popular and so a compound preparation Kushthadalanarasa as internal medicine and Gandhakadi Yoga for external application was chosen in group A and compared with the effect of external application Gandhakadi Yoga in group B. In present clinical study of 40 patients of Pama , result showed statistically significant with p<0.01 in both groups. In Group A there was significant relief in symptoms like Kandu, Thoda, Daha, Pidika, Srava i.e. 30% completely relief, 35 % moderately improved and 25 % mildly improved compared to Group B with 30 % moderately improved and 50 % were mildly improved in symptoms Thoda and Srava .