A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SHALMALYADILEPA AND GUDUCHYADIVATI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF YAUVANAPIDIKA W.S.R.TO ACNE VULGARIS – A RESEARCH ARTICLE

Acne vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory condition of skin in youth. In Ayurveda, acne has been elaborated as one of the KshudraRogas (minor ailments). It is manifested in adolescence thus called as Yuvanpidika or Tarunyapitika. Symptoms of Mukhadushika show close resemblance with bacterial infection and inflam-matory factors of acne. According to Ayurveda, vitiation of Kaphadosha, VataDosha and RaktaDhatu lead to acne development. Kapha vitiation may resemble with excess sebum production, Vata vitiation may re-semble with hyperkeratinization and Rakta vitiation may resemble with inflammatory mediators in blood, play an important role in pathogenesis of acne. Both modern and Ayurvedic sciences have considered the use of topical as well as oral medications and their combinations for the treatment of acne. Modern medi-cations provide relief from acne vulgaris but cause noticeable side effects. In this study, 50 patients with symptoms of Yauvanapidika were treated in two groups. In Group A, patients were given local application of Shalmalyadilepa twice a day with milk, while in Group B patients were given 2 gm of Guduchyadivati thrice along with local application of Shalmalyadilepa. At the end of treatment, Group B showed better im-provement in comparison to Group A.