A LITERARY REVIEW OF SKIN (TWACHA) IN RELATION TO DOSHAJA PRAKRITI

Abstract

Skin is the outer covering of body. According to Ayurveda twacha is originated from Matruj bhav (Maternal factor). It is formed by the union of sperm & ovum & develops same as heating of milk & named as santanika. It protects from foreign harm things. The colour of twacha is different in different individuals according to its prakriti. The dominance of panchbhautika component determines the colour of skin. The normal colour of skin is Gaur, Krushna, Krushna shyam, and Gaur shyama. The colour and other features of twacha vary according to the prakriti. Vatika Prakriti person has Krushna varna, alpa & ruksh kesh, Paittika Prakriti person has pingal & gaur varna, also they having tilkalaka, pipalu vyanga in their body, mradu & alpa kesh-Loma, Early valipalita and excess sweating with smell. Kaphaja prakriti has sukumar, avadata colour, bahul kesh & dirghloma. When we know the Prakriti of an individual, we also identify the skin of that individual. The knowledge of prakriti is obtained from Trividha Pariksha like-Darshana, Sparshan & Prashana. Accord-ing to prakriti & twacha determination the person get advice to change their life style & avoid to skin diseases. Now a day, due to changing life style & increased stressful life, ma-jority of population are facing problems related to skin disease. The depth of knowledge re-lated to features of skin provides as easy diagnostic methods for various kinds of skin dis-eases.