Abstract

TO REVIEW THE EFFECT OF KANDUGHNA MAHAKASHAYA IN PRURITUS

Sonia Sharma*, Chandni Gupta, Satish Gandharve, Rajesh Sood and Naresh Sharma

ABSTRACT

Kandu is one of the key complaints of the skin patients that force them to look for a dermatologist. Apart from sleep disturbance, it also degrades the quality of life of the patients. It is also the reason for many secondary features such as excoriation marks, lichenification etc. Many allopathic drugs are available to pacify this pathetic symptom, but they give only symptomatic relief. There is kandughna mahakashaya, mentioned in Charak Samhita, which exclusively deals with kandu. This review study is being done to explore more about pruritus, kandu, kandughna mahakashaya and to compare the two studies done on kandughna mahakashaya.

Keywords: Kandu, kandughna mahakashaya, pruritus, Charaka Samhita.