| Name |
: Mr. Valery |
|
Sex |
: Male |
|
Age |
: 55 years |
|
Occupation |
: Businessman |
|
Nationality |
: Russian |
|
Present complaints |
: Known case of psoriasis
since 30 years; reddish color small marks and boils on whole body
mainly on hands and feet; scratching and irritating further
leading to cuts and wounds; pussy liquid draining out form cuts
and wounds; sweat a lot; with little burning sensation there is no
pain, numbness at the site of skin problem |
|
Past Medical History |
: Diabetes; hernia operation |
|
Past treatment
history |
: Has taken allopathic
treatment in Russia |
|
Prakruti |
: Kapha dominant Pitta |
|
On examination |
: Joint pain (mainly on left
hand with pain along with numbness); pulse 70/min; Bp 140/90 mmhg;
motion - usually constipated; urine - normal; tongue - coating;
sparsha - ruksha and scaly; drik - atur; akrithi - big; darshan -
marks all over body on hands and feet |
|
Diagnosis |
: Psoriasis |
|
Treatment |
: Panchakarma - Vaman, Virechan,
Raktamokshan &
Nasyam
Ayurvedic therapies - Lepam, abhyanga, mardan, powder massage
According to ayurveda psoriasis is compared to more of
problem of blood impurities along with skin problems, so in
treatment of internal medication blood purifiers have been
included. Shodhan helps to clean out excess of toxins from the
body and purify the body. So panchakarma procedures given
with preparation of snehan swedan, so vaman, virechan, and
raktamokshan was given to purify and clean the channels of the
body.
In shaman blood purifiers (herbs) were given along with other
medications to help in general improvement of his (new cells
development) dhatus. |
|
Diet |
: Patient was asked to eat
more of vegetarian food and to avoid alcohol, red meat, fish,
coffee, too spicy food |
|
Condition on
discharge |
: The patient was under our
medication for a period of 1 month and he has got a good relief
and his psoriasis was 80-90% better. On discharge he was asked to
continue with healthy food and medications for some months to
improve his condition |