A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY OF CAPSULE SKIWA & RASAMANIKYA YOGA ALONG WITH TOPICAL USE OF MAHAMARICHYADI TAILA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF EKAKUSTHA (PSORIASIS)

The objective of the study was to assess the role of each Capsule Skiwa and Mahamarichyadi Taila along with Rasamanikya Yoga in order to ascertain effectiveness of each measure. The drugs selected for the study are Capsule Skiwa in Group A and Mahamarichyadi Taila along with Rasamanikya Yoga in Group B. The pilot study was conducted at Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Ayurved & Hospital & Research Institute, Nerul, Navi-Mumbai. 30 patients were studied in this series under group A and B, each group containing 15 patients. The effect of therapy was assessed based on improvement obtained in terms of scores given to signs and symptoms. The Subjective Parameters like Size of patches, Rukshata, Arunatva, Kandu & PASI score were used to score clinical outcome.1 The average clinical improvement was calculated by proper statistical treatment. Our experience with this modality has been encouraging as the response pattern is good in considerably short duration of treatment. The patient improves gradually after 8 weeks of treatment. The relief in symptoms of Psoriasis provided by Rasmanikya Yoga along with Topical application of Mahamarichyadi Taila presents a window of opportunity in the clinical management of Psoriasis.