Doctor’s Corner:
Skin care/ Skin pigmentation/ Wrinkles
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Skin pigmentation is irregular skin colouring which can be caused by changes in the skin melanin, vascular changes, or growth of foreign organisms on the skin. According to Ayurveda there are three basic body energy principals in our body (vata, pitta and kapha). Pitta is composed of fire and water. There are five types of pitta & each responsible for a specific area of activity. Out of the five pittas one is known as Bhrajaka pitta present in the skin tissue, giving it colour, temperature and aura.
Environmental factors, life style and dietary habits imbalance the body pitta and aggravated pitta dosha creates skin related problems like pigmentation.
TREATMENT: Ayurveda believes in treating the skin condition,by-
cleansing the aama dosha ( toxins) by giving internal herbal medicines such as manjista,kumkum,mahatiktaka kashayam etc
external application to enhance the skin texture,color( nalpamaradi,coconut oil, eladi coconut oil etc
Strict Diet & Lifestyle changes.
Treatment Case Study
Sex-Female
Age-45 yrs
Complaints-
Patient got circular red patch with tiny blisters on the hand , patch was extremely itchy. Circular lesion was with sharp margin with raised edges.(as seen in photo below)
within one week it got spread on stomach & thighs as well.
History-
Patient’s skin is very dry and has H/O skin disease in her 20’s
Patient’s constitution is Pitta , recently ate a lot of Mangoes and outside food that eleviates Pitta.
Ayurvedic Approach-
According to Ayurveda Vitiation in three Doshas mainly aggravation of Pitta & Kapha Causes this condition. Also Any skin condition is due to the impurities in the blood, so the Purification of Blood( Rakta Shudhi ) is very important.
Patient was on Internal Medicines like Manjishtadi Kashyam ,Aragwadhadi kashyam, Mahatiktha Grhitam that pacifies three Doshas and also helps to purify blood.Also adviced to apply medicated oil locally.
Patient was following strict Diet.
1st week- Flaring of condition stops, Itchiness reduces
2nd week-Redness, sharp margins & blisters fade off ( as seen in photo below)
3rd week-Skin condition was completely cured(as seen in photo below)