Efficacy of vaman karma in the management of plaque psoriasis (psoriasis vulgaris): a case study

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Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disorder in which erythematous, sharply demarcated papules & rounded plaque, covered by silvery micaceous scale appears on skin course of remission & relapse. Psoriasis can be correlated with a disease described as a case of 30 years old male patient presenting with scaly lesions on skin. Present study shows the effect of Vamana karma in improving the quality of life in psoriatic patients. Diagnosis was made on the symptoms found in patient. On simplified psoriasis scale (professional), severity score changes from 22 to 1.5 and psychosocial grading from 8 to 5. There are no adverse loss of effectiveness of treatment with Keywords: Psoriasis, Ekkustha, Vamana INTRODUCTION Exact etiology of psoriasis is poorly understood but there is clearly a genetic component to the disease