Abstract

STUDY OF LEPA CHIKITSA W.S.R. TO KESHYA VIKARA FROM AYURVEDA SAMHITA

Dr. Rohini Sureshrao Kendre* and Dr. Gayatri Sawant

ABSTRACT

In today’s beauty conscious environment, everyone is highly conscious about personality. Healthy, long and vibrant hair helps a lot in the improvement of personality. Therefore, keeping hair in a healthy state is important for human-being, because just like the face, hair is also mirror of healthy body. In modern era changes in life style, pollution, unhealthy diet i.e. consumption of fast food and junk food is very common also young generation expose to daily travelling, air pollution and sun rays (Aatap Sevan). All these factors definitely increases the incidence of Keshya Vikara like khalitya (Hair fall), Palitya (Graying of hairs), Darunaka (Dandruff), Indralupta (Alopecia areata) etc. Keshya Vikara is treated with Trividh Chikitsa like Bahirparimarjana, Anthahparimarjana and Shastra pranidhana. Acharya Charaka has prescribed Lepa as Bahirparimarjan Chikitsa in various diseases. Ayurveda has suggested various Lepas for the treatment of Keshya Vikara with numerous benefits without causing any side effect.

Keywords: Keshya Vikara, Lepa, Bahirparimarjan.