AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF VATA-KAFAJ KUSHTA W.S.R. CONTACT ALLERGIC DERMATITIS- A CASE STUDY

In Ayurveda, all skin diseases have been described under the term of kushtha. All skin diseases come under kushtha but all kushtha not come under skin diseases. kushtha classified into Maha-kushtha and Kshudra Kushtha. Acharyas have described that all kushtha have Tridoshic involvement but the type of kushtha depends on the predominance of particular doshas. Contact allergic dermatitis (CAD) is an occupational disease.it is hypersensitivity reaction to plethora of antigen in the environments. The present case study is successful Ayurvedic management of a case of vata-kaphaj kushata. A 48 year old female patient came to us with chief compliant of ubhay hasat twakvaivrya, kandu since 1 month. She get relief within 7 days. Ayurvedic management involving sukshma trifala, gandharva haritaki, stanik snehan followed by Awagaha