Ayurveda for Skin – Treating Skin Diseases with Care
There are various types of skin disease
- Eczema
- Psoriasis
- Vitiligo
- Urticaria
- Fungal Infection
These diseases can be caused due to various reasons like:
Fungal Infection is one of the most common fungus problems of nails known as onychomycosis, this disease makes the nails white and opaque thick, and brittle, it is usually found in women it is caused due to diabetes, the people who are suffering from the small blood vessels also called as peripheral vascular disease, or due to artificial nails for any age group of women.
Urticaria is an itchy problem of the skin that is usually caused due to some allergic reaction, it is also known as “Hives”, it is usually rounded or flat-topped which is elevated above the skin, it can be caused due to some kind of allergic reaction usually which can last for few hours to few days to depending upon the effects of the reaction.
Vitiligo is the skin disease in which the person suffers from the loss of pigment that results in irregular pale or white patches on the skin, It usually affects the face, lips, arms, legs, hands, etc, the main reason behind the occurrence of vitiligo is due to dead and non-functioning problems of the melanocytes, most people suffering from vitiligo get completely developed by the age of 20 or 40 or it usually gets develops and affects the ethnic origins of the individual.
Psoriasis is one of the most common skin problems, it is the thickened patches with inflamed, redskin covered with thick, silvery scales that usually affects the elbows and knees of the person, it can often appear on both same side of the affected area of the body, its range can be from small like a dime or large like a hand.
Eczema is also known as dermatitis, it is various type of skin inflammation but the most common type of dermatitis is atopic dermatitis also known as interchangeably, it can affect people from any group age, it is an infants disease that can only becured completely up to the age of 3 years.
The panchakarma therapies for the treatment of the skin disease
Panchakarma deals with skin disease by removal of the toxins that is build-up in the body that is caused due to various health issue, all the treatment procedure is natural as well as it does not have any side -effects on the other parts of the body. The panchakarma includes the five various kinds of cleansing procedures involved in the treatment of the skin disease.
- Purification
- Rejuvenation
- Healing
- Reducing in the weight
- Detoxification
These methods mentioned above help in the recovery and healing process of the person which is done with the help of panchakarma therapies that are totally ayurvedic due to which it does not affect the other parts of the body and is also beneficial for other parts of the body.
The panchakarma treats every aspect of the disease and tries to remove it from its roots.
Samana and sadhana are two main therapies used for the treatment of the skin disease.
Samana is a treatment of the skin problem that includes the medication of kashaya, ghritas, etc which helps in the balance of the doshas.
External therapies are applied with medication like tailas ghritas such as nalpamaradokeram,dinesvallyadi keram vitpala tailam, etc.
Other therapies which are done for the treatment of skin disease are as
- Takra Dhara is done with the help of pouring medicated curd.
- Kashaya Dhara applied with help of kashaya
- Ksheeradhara is done with the help of pouring medicated milk
Other therapies like gharshanam, manjal kizhi help in the improved of skin luster which helps in balancing the doshas.