A review on role of Udardaprashamana Gana on Udarda (urticaria)

Skin disorders are the most common health problems among people. It affects more than 60% of the general population it may cause emotional and psychological stress to the patients and their family. Most common skin common skin complaints are dermatitis, eczema, acne, urticaria, psoriasis, skin allergy etc. which require long term medication. Skin diseases are neglected in health care probably due to the fact that majority of them not associated with mortality. However, morbidity caused by these problems is neither realized fully nor taken much seriously even by the health care administrators, who have other competing priorities in the public front. Udarda (Urticaria) is such a disease which have diverse and complicated mechanism a combination of medications is commonly used. Though modern medicine can provide temporary symptomatic relief, it cannot cure it permanently so, patients have to take medicine for long time, which may be having unwanted effects. As a result, exploration of alternative therapies with more favourable safety profiles is needed. Ayurveda can provide permanent cure for it. In Charak Samhita under Bheshaja Chatushka Shadvirechanshratashitiya Adhyaya, while enumerating fifty Mahakashaya, Udardaprashamana is mentioned. It contains ten drugs acting on Udarda