A CLINICAL STUDY ON THE MANAGEMENT OF VICHARCHIKA (ECZEMA) BY PANCHATIKTA GHRITA GUGGLU AND LEPA OF GAIRIKA

All skin diseases can be included under the umbrella of kustha roga. Vicharchika is a variety of kshudra kustha. The features of eczema are somewhat similar with that of vicharchika mentioned in ayurveda. Symptoms of vicharchika mentioned by Charaka correlate with wet eczema & symptoms mentioned by Susruta correlate with dry eczema. Due to its chronic and recurrent nature, it has a great impact on the quality of life of the patients. The present study was aimed to compare the effect of Panchatikta Ghrita Gugglu tablets along with local application of lepa containing Gairika mixed with Karanja Tailam in patients of dry and wet eczema (vicharchika). For this study, selected patients were divided into two groups-dry group & wet group. 17 patients were registered under dry group and 20 patients were registered under wet group. The duration of the study was 1 month with follow up for 15 days. Dry group showed highly significant results in all signs and symptoms. Insignificant results were recorded in wet group for shrava, vaivarnya and raji, so it was concluded that trial formulation is quite effective in management of dry eczema (vicharchika).