A CASE STUDY ON ROLE OF JALAUKAVACHARANA FOLLOWED BY BAKUCHYADI LEPA IN SHVITRA (VITILIGO)

Abstract

Shvitra is a Twaggata Raktaja Tridoshaja vyadhi. Based on the symptoms, Shvitra can be correlated with Vitiligo. Vitiligo is an acquired, common challenging pigmantory disorder of skin disease characterized by white coloured patches. A 42 year old lady complaint white patch below the left elbow and the left knee, multiple irregular sized measured 1560 mm2 for last 1 year. Initially lesions were small discrete, later progressively increased in Size. There were no associated complains confined to lesions like itching or burning sensation and also no history of environment, occupation. The case was treated with Jalaukavacharana followed by bakuchyadi lepa over a period of 4 months with steady improvement which is evident from the photographs and improvement in size reduction was recorded by measured with graph paper.This case study is documentary evidence of successful management of shvitra (vitiligo) based on the principles of ayurveda.