Single Arm Clinical Study To Assess The Efficacy Of Shikharirasadi Lepa Locally And Varadi Yog Orally In The Management Of Sidhma Kushtha With Special Reference To Tinea Versicolor In Children Of Age Group 8 to 16 Years

Ayurveda is indeed a holistic system of natural medicine originating from ancient

India It is a system of natural medicine  It deals with physical mental and spiritual

wellbeing of the human

It focuses firstly on being healthy  Swasthasya Swasthyarakshnam and secondly

on Cure Of The Condition emerged   Aturasya Vikar Prashmanam

Skin is important organ of communication with external world

The skin is largest organ of the body having surface area of  2m Square

and measuring approximately 50 Percent of body weight Any Alternation in nutritional status hygiene

circulation immunity and psychological cause is easily depicted by the changes in

the skin due nidana sewana the doshas get vitiated enters the siras and vitiate

twak rakta lasika and mansa create vaivarnya in twak it is not treated properly

spread into Dhatu

It is a skin disorder Characterized by rash over chest Shoulders neck back and

upper extremities which is caused by malassezia furfur malassezia globusa fungas

In infants and young children lesions are often located in the face

Tinea versicolor is the second most common superficial fungal

infection Among all individuals at puberty Tinea versicolor shows highest

prevalence mainly in the age group of 8 to 20 years It shows that Tinea Versicolor

is most commonly found in pediatric age group  There has been very few study

conducted in pediatric age group for Tinea Versicolor