Management of vicharchika (eczema) - An ayurvedic approach

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Journal name: Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Original article title: Management of vicharchika (eczema) - An ayurvedic approach
The Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine (JAHM) promotes Ayurvedic scientific research by offering a platform for in-depth exploration and integration of its principles into modern healthcare. JAHM is owned and published by Atreya Ayurveda Publications. Atreya Ayurveda Publications engaged in scientific publications on Ayurveda in the form of print books and ebooks since 2007.

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Author(s):

G. Vinay Mohan
Professor and HOD, Department of PG Studies in Kayachikitsa, Sri Shivayogeeshwar Rural Ayurvedic Medical College, Inchal, Karnataka
Girish Kumar S Dharmannavar
Professor, Department of PG Studies in Kayachikitsa, Sri Shivayogeeshwar Rural Ayurvedic Medical College, Inchal, Karnataka


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Year: 2024 | Doi: 10.70066/jahm.v12i7.1391

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Summary of article contents:

Vicharchika is one among the disorders that has increased due to the globalization and has incapacitated many people due to its impact on their lifestyle. Patients with Vicharchika in general undergo many kinds of treatment but still look out for the treatments that would provide them a permanent relief and would not have a recurrence. Ayurveda assures the relief with more focus on prevention. In Ayurveda, Vicharchika is understood as one among the Kustha or the skin disorders and Eczema in Modern medicine. This condition is managed with oral and local medications as per the Modern medicine and a comprehensive treatment including Shodhana and Shamana chikitsa with Sthanika chikitsa with appropriate pathya aahara and pathya vihara according to Ayurveda that serves the objective of the Ayurvedic science that the prevention is better than cure.The present study is an attempt to review the management of  Vicharchika both from the Modern and the Ayurvedic perspectives.    

Keywords: Vicharchika, Eczema, Ayurveda, Atopic Dermatitis       

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