EFFECTIVENESS OF SIDDHA MEDICINE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ERYTHEMA DYSCHROMICUM PERSTANS (KARUNGUTTAM) – A CASE REPORT
AbstractA 30 years male patient from Chennai has presented with asymptomatic, grey-blue hyperpigmented patches of variable shape and size and an elevated erythematous border; the eruption has been symmetrically distributed on the face, the trunk, and the upper extremities for 4 years. This condition was diagnosed as “erythema dyschromicum perstans” which resembles to karunguttam one of the skin diseases in siddha system of medicine. He was treated with siddha medicines as Meganathakulikai for purgation to rearrange three humours (vatham, pitham & kabham), internal medicines (Rasaganthi mezhugu Capsules (RGM), Amukkarachooranam tablet, Seenthilsarkarai chooranam, Keelanelli chooranam tablets) & external medicine (Aruganthylam) @ Sirappu Maruthuvam OPD No: 3, Ayothidass Pandithar Hospital, National Institute of Siddha, Chennai-47 for 48 days. There were no adverse reactions or events observed during the course of treatment. The skin lesion of EDP reduced spontaneously in the treatment period, which is compared by before & after photocopies. This is the first case report in siddha for management of EDP larger study needs to confirm these findings.
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IJPSR
S. Uthrapathi *, V. Mahalakshmi and N. J. Muthukumar
Department of Sirappu Maruthuvam, National Institute of Siddha, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
dr.uthrapathisakthivel@gmail.com
01 September 2022
22 October 2022
17 November 2022
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.14(5).2442-46
01 May 2023
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