“OPEN LABLE CONTROLLED CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF TRIPHALADI TAILA NASYA AND SHIROABHYANGA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF KHALITYAâ€

Hair has significant role in beauty and personalityfor both male and female. Hair loss is one of the most common problems faced bypeople across all age groups and has been estimated to affect nearly 2% of theworld’s population. This is why hair fall remedies arebillion-dollar industry.

The term Alopecia means nothing than loss of hairand is a sign rather than a diagnosis. Thinning, loss orinvolution of hair. Cicatrical and non cicatrical alopecia.cicatrical alopecia associated with scarring and thus destruction of hair follicles,hence irreversible. It has been regarded as geriatricphysiological phenomena and generally after the mid-forties. Each hair grows inthree cyclic phase i.e Anagen, Catagen, Telogen. Anagen is growing phase hairs.Catagen is involution phase. Telogen is the resting phase.  Corticosteroids, scalp surgery and autologoushair transplants are the modern managements.

In Ayurveda,hair loss problem has been described as khalityawith detail treatment modalities. Acharyacharaka describes that tejascombining with vata adi dosha reaches the shira kapala and causeshair fall by dahana of romakupa . Acharya sushruta also mentioned the samenidana and samprapti as charaka but under kshudra roga.Thetreatment modalities include nasya,shiroabhyanga, shiro lepa andsodhanachikitsa**.**

Hormonal therapy and hair transplantare not free from side effects and are costlier, Ayurveda has safe, effective and cost-effective treatment for it.Hence present study Triphaladi tailashiroabhyanga and nasya in managementof khalitya has been taken up. Yastimadhutaila shiroabhyanga and nasya is the control group.