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Ayurvedic Panchakarma Treatment For Vitiligo!
Ayurvedic view & treatment of Shwitra(vitiligo)-
Shwitra or Shwet-Kushtha can be co-related with skin disease vitiligo in modern biomedicine. According to Ayurveda view, the skin is one of the essential sense organs.
Vata and bhrajaka pitta reside in the skin (called twak in Sanskrit). As the skin covers the whole body, bhrajaka pitta should be maintained in a proper state, and it needs continuous care.
An imbalance in Vata and bhrajaka pitta may cause skin diseases.
Ayurvedic management of vitiligo:--
1) Vitiligo is purification therapies (shodhana karma) using herbal decoction Vaman Virechan Basti 2) oil massage using oil selected on the basis of patient examination (rogi pariksa) and disease (roga) & lepam
3) Jalokavacharan(leech therapy) as shown in the photo