Tuesday, February 21, 2012
PSORIASIS & HERBAL TREATMENT
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Psoriasis is a common
chronic inflammatory dermatosis. Person of all ages may develop the disease.
Psoriasis is sometime associated with arthritis, myopathy, enteropathy,
spondylitic heart disease or the AIDS. Psoriatic arthritis may be mild or may
produce severe deformities resembling the joint changes seen in rheumatoid
arthritis.1 Clinically, psoriasis most frequently affects the skin
of the elbow, knees, scalp, lumbosacral areas, intergluteal cleft and glans
penis. The most typical lesion is a well demarcated, pink to salmon colored
plaque covered by loosely adherent scales that are characteristically silver
white in color.
Psoriasis affects both sexes
equally and can occur at any age, although it most commonly appears for the
first time between the ages of 15 and 25 years.
The prevalence of psoriasis in
Western populations is estimated to be around 2-3%. The prevalence of psoriasis
among 7.5 million patients who were registered with a general practitioner in
the United Kingdom was 1.5%. A survey conducted by the National Psoriasis
Foundation (a US based psoriasis education and advocacy group) found a
prevalence of 2.1% among adult Americans. The study found that 35% of people
with psoriasis could be classified as having moderate to severe psoriasis.
Classification
of Psoriasis:
In Ayurveda, skin diseases are known as
Kustha. There are 2 main type of Kustha i.e. Maha kustha & Kshudra kustha.
Seven are Maha kustha and eleven Kshudra kustha.
There are three types of Psoriasis called
i) Kitibha,
is characterized with rough papulosquamous dermatosis in which the scaling
papules are light blue or red in colour.
ii)
Ekakustha,
is identified with silver gray scaling papules, which can spread in big
patches.
iii)
Charmakhya,
is characterized with thick scaling papules, which finally turns just like the
skin of the elephant
We cannot exactly correlate ayurvedic types of
psoriasis with modern terminology / types but on the basis of disease symptoms
we can conclude as follow,
Kitibha = Non-pustular
psoriasis
Ekakustha = Pustular
psoriasis
Causes of Psoriasis:
The effect of slow poison or the poison, which is
partly counteracted with anti-poisonous drugs or antidote, is the fundamental
cause of psoriasis. As per modern medical science there is a no specific cause
for psoriasis. In charak Samhita (Classical text book of Ayurveda) some
specific causes was mentioned for kustha roga as follow,
- Consuming opposite
foods like curd – onion,
milk-onion etc
- Controlling natural
urges.
- Exposure to severe
climatic conditions.
- Consuming food that
is too salty, too sour and/or too heavy for digestion.
- Sleeping during the
afternoon with sedative lifestyle.
- Taking a bath in
cold water immediately after physical exertion.
- Mental stress.
- Psoriasis is caused
by vitiation of vata and kapha dosha. The vitiated doshas
affect the skin and blood tissues. They also influence the water element
of the affected region on the skin. Thus the skin which is influenced by
the affected doshas becomes discolored (white or copper coloured), scaly
and thin.
Preventive
steps you should take:
There
is no way to prevent psoriasis. But the following tips may improve
symptoms or help reduce the number of psoriasis flare-ups.
·
Avoid intake of opposite food like
curd – onion, milk-onion, etc
·
Use moisturizing lotions, do not
keep your skin dry
·
Take proper care of your skin and
scalp
·
Use humidifier during dry season
·
Try to avoid dry and cold weather
·
Avoid scrapes, cuts, bumps and
infections
·
Get some sun bath, but not too much
·
Decrease stress
·
Reduce alcohol intake
·
Do exercise, Eat right and
maintain a healthy weight
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ü
Corrects
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ü
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ü
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References:
1. Rakesh K. Sindhu et. al., Psoriasis and Herbal Care: A Brief Review.
International Journal of Pharma Research & Development, Vol.1, Issue 9,
Nov. 2009.
2. Andrew IB, Richard AB, Jeffery WJ and Mark PL Emerging therapeutic
targets in psoriasis. Current opinions in pharmacology.2004; 4:306-310.
3. Lo KK, Ho
LY. Psoriasis; Handbook of Dermatology and Venereology (Social Hygiene
Handbook) 2nd edition.
4. Prof.
Priyavrat Sharma; Charaka Samhita, chikisasthan to siddhisthan, Vol.IV, Edition
2010
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