Effective Management of Kitibha Kushta (Scalp Psoriasis) through Ayurveda: A Case Report

Abstract

Introduction: In today’s era where the lifestyle scenario became more sedentary, including improper habit of eating food, lack of physical exercise, unhygienic conditions which leads to risk of many skin diseases like psoriasis. Psoriasis is a long term auto-immune dermatological condition in which there is itching all over the body, dryness & redness of skin and scaling appears on the affected site. In Ayurveda psoriasis can be correlated with Kitibha kushta is a type of Kshudra kushta exhib-iting in the form of lesions with Shyava varnata, Kina-Khara Sparsha, Parushata etc.
Methodology: A 48 years old female patient came with the chief complaints of flaky skin lesions over the scalp, ears and eyebrows since 2-3 years, associated with severe itching on the lesions. The case was diagnosed as Kitibha kushta and managed with Samshodhana and Samshamana chiktsa successfully.
Result: The patient reported a significant improvement in the complaints.
Conclusion: Kitibha kushta is a Vata- Kapha Pradhana Tridoshaja Vyadhi Classical Vamana Karma was done with Madan-aphala, Indrayava, Yastimadhu, Patola, Nimba. Classical Vamana karma is very effective in Kitibha Kushta due to its So-dhana property.