A clinical study on the efficacy of ayurvedic lepa in the management of shwitra

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Hari Prasad Sarma, Sudesh Kumar Bhambu, Priyanka Firoda and Kamalesh Kumar Sharma

The colour of the skin plays a very important role in cosmetic world and trying to be more beautiful and attractive is natural tendency of human being. Based on the symptoms, Shwitra can be correlated with Vitiligo where we find improper distribution of melanocyte pigment. Based on some dermatological out patient records it is roughly estimated to be between 3 – 4% in India. The vitiligo affects the estimated 1% of world population. In the present study 15 patients were treated with lepa and 6.67% patients showed complete remission, 26.66% patients showed marked improvement, 60% patients showed moderate improvement and 6.67% showed mild improvement.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2019.20594.4030
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