Dr. Avani M Kamble, Dr Shivani O Gupta
Vol. 8, Jul-Dec 2019
Abstract:
BACK GROUND - A female of 25 years old had chief complaints of acne prone skin with old acne scars anddiscoloration (yuvan pidika janya vaivarnya). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Bahya chikitsa – Lodhra,dhanyak,vacha churna in rose water for lepan on scars and new acne outbreak- once a day( refkayachikitsaby Vd Nitin Madhav Kamat , Bhav prakash) Kumkumadi tail for local application on face. Proper cleaning of face with regular soap in use. Aabhyantar chikitsa – Sukshma triphala 300mg Aarogya vardhini 600 mg Mahamanjishtha di kwath 15 ml All medications thrice a day Avoiding pitta vitiating ahara and vihara before, during and after commencement of treatment. ( pickle, papad,tea, coffee, spicy and oily food) Proper hygiene and night sleep as per daily activity. RESULTS - Use of drugs showed skin lightening in the scars and arrested the outbreak of new acne .Evening the skin color than previous stage. CONCLUSION - Use of drugs locally and internally minimized the symptoms and regulated the pitta and thus dushti of rakt dhatu was arrested. More over the kapha and vata were balanced and hence excessive sebum secretion minimized. Outbreak of new acne in premenstrual days was not observed.