To Study Effect of Dashang Lepa in Mukhdushika

Author(s):  
Chandrasekhar Yadavrao Bangarwar

Though Ayurveda is India's ancient traditional medicine written Thousands of years back, its concepts and principles are useful in today's era also. My small research work can be one example of it. Mukhdushika also was known as Youvanpeetika is a common health problem found in Adolescence which disturbs physical psychological and social health. Mukhdushika known as acne vulgaris is the classical stigma of adolescence and inflammation of sebaceous glands which produces physiological and psychological scarring. Dashang lepa is commonly used for shotha in clinical practice, but when it was applied as lepa on the face, its effectiveness was observed in mukhadushika. So after considering effective experience in mukhadushika I decided to go for its systematic study through this small research work, to study the effect of dashang lepa in mukhadushika. 

Author(s):  
Sanket Shirode ◽  
Dr Yogesh Wane ◽  
Dr.Kirtibala Tawade

Ayurveda is the most ancient system of health of the world. Skin forms a barrier against microbial invasion and has properties, which can protect against mechanism, chemical, osmotic, thermal and uv radiation damage. Skin is an important site of immune surveillance against the entry of pathogens and the initiation of primary immune response. Skin is the target of a variety of hormones. These activities can affect the appearance and the functional of individual skin component such as sebaceous glands, hairs and pigment producing cells. Acne is the most common skin disease of now a day. So we decided to take the help of this ancient system of science to fight against this acne vulgaris. An acne vagary is a chronic inflammatory condition of the pilo-sebaceous follicles on the face and upper trunk. It is characterized by the development of black heads, papules, pustules and cysts, which may resolve to leave pitted scars. In Ayurvedic classics we get the knows about this disease in the name of Yuvan pidika, the eruptions like Salmali thorn, on the face during adulthood, caused by Kapha, Vata and Rakta are known as 'Yuvan pidika'.


Author(s):  
Anubha Bajaj

Comedones appear as blackheads and whiteheads and implicate cutaneous zones with dense sebaceous follicles, particularly the face, upper chest or dorsal torso. Acne vulgaris is frequently enunciated with comedones. Hyper-proliferation and aberrant desquamation of ductal keratinocytes is enunciated which impedes sebum exudation within a pilo-sebaceous duct, thus engendering comedones. Also, a prototypicpilo-sebaceous duct unit metamorphoses into a comedone when progenitor component of the sebaceous glands differentiate into epithelial-like cells.“Micro-comedone theory” cogitates acne configuration as “comedogenesis” which is contingent to androgen secretion, hyper-proliferating keratinocytes with accumulation of keratin and sebum within the pilo-sebaceous unit. Hyperkeratinisation is also due to secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin -1 alpha (IL-1α) produced as a result of cutaneous colonization of Propionibacterium acnes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 04 (04) ◽  
pp. 2285-2288
Author(s):  
Sindhushree M. ◽  
Prashanth Jain ◽  
Subrahmanya Padyana

Valmika Mrittika (ant hill soil) is widely used in clinical practice by folklore practitioners in most of the skin ailments. Lepa of Valmika Mrittika has wonderful effects on skin. Many temples in South Canara, give this Valmika Mrittika as Prasadam for the skin disorders. Acne Vulgaris is a common skin disorder of pilosebaceous unit that primarily affects the face, chest and back which if not treated may lead to permanent scarring. Youvana Pidaka (Acne vulgaris) occurs due to vitiation of Kapha, Vata as Doshas, Rakta and Twak as Dooshyas. Valmika Mrittika is very effective in Kapha-Vataja disorder. As disease limited to skin, Lepa Chikitsa is most suitable and convenient treatment suggested for acne. Hence, an in vitro analytical study of Valmika Mrittika w.s.r to Youvana Pidaka (Acne vulgaris) was conducted. Valmika Mrittika collected and analytical study was done including macronutrients and micronutrients. Analytical study revealed the contents such as Protein – 800 μg/g, Phenols-0.03μg/g, Tannins-0.24μg/g in the sample of Valmika Mrittika which are found to have anti acne and Varnya properties.


Author(s):  
Kumari Anshu ◽  
Loveleen Gaur ◽  
Arun Solanki

Chatbot has emerged as a significant resolution to the swiftly growing customer caredemands in recent times. Chatbot has emerged as one of the biggest technological disruption. Simply speaking, it is a software agent facilitating interaction between computers and humans in natural language. So basically, it is a simulated, intellectual dialogue agent functional in a range of consumer engagement circumstances. It is the easiest and simplest means enable interaction between the retailers and the customers. </p><p> • Purpose- Most of the research work done in this field is concerned with their technical aspects. The recent research on chatbot pay little attention to the impact it is creating on users’ experience. Through this work, author is making an effort to know the customer-oriented impact that the chatbot bear on the shoppers. The purpose of this study is to develop and empirically test a framework that identify the customer oriented attributes of chatbot and impact of these attributes on customers. </p><p> • Objectives- The study intends to bridge the gap between concepts and actual attributes and applications on the subject of Chatbot. The following research objectives can address the various aspects of Chatbot affecting the different characteristics of consumers shopping behaviors: a) Identify the various attributes of chatbot that bears an impression on consumer shopping behavior. b) Evaluate the impact of chatbot on consumer shopping behavior that leads to the development of chatbot usage and adoption among the customer. </p><p> • Design/Methodology/Approach – For the purpose of analysis, author has administered Factor analysis and Multiple regression using SPSS version 23 for identification of various attributes of Chatbot and knowing their impact on shoppers. A self-administered questionnaire from the review of literature is developed. Industry experts in the field of retailing and academician evaluate the questionnaire. Primary information from the respondents is gathered using this questionnaire. The questionnaire comprises of Likert scale on a scale of 1 to 5 where 1 stands for strongly disagree and 5 stands for strongly agree. Data is collected from 126 respondents, out of which 111 respondents were finally considered for study and analysis purpose. </p><p> • Findings – The empirical results show that the study identifies various attributes of chatbot like Trust, Usefulness, Satisfaction, Readiness to Use and Accessibility. It is also found that chatbot is really influencing the customers in providing them with shopping experience, which can be very helpful to the businesses for increasing the sales and creating repurchase intention among the customers. </p><p> • Originality/value – The recent research on chatbot pay little attention to the impact it is creating on customers who are actually interacting with it on regular basis. The research paper extends information for understanding and appreciating the customer oriented attributes of artificially intelligent Chatbot. In this regard, the author has developed a model framework and proposed the attributes identified. Through the work, author is also making an effort to test empirically the impact of the identified attributes on the shoppers.


Author(s):  
Ravindra Angadi ◽  
Rekha J.

Background: Acne vulgaris is a very common malady of adolescents. It is common enough to be called as a physiological process but is better regarded as a disease due to its inflammatory component and the disfigurement. Acne vulgaris is a common skin disorder of pilosebaceous unit that primarily affects the face which if not treated leads to pigmentation. Mukhadushika is a Kshudra Roga which mainly involves Kapha and Vatadosa with Raktha. This is a common illness affecting 80 % of adolescents. Lepa is one of the external therapies explained in Ayurvedic classics. Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of Sidharthakadilepa in the management of mukhadushikaw.s.r. to acne vulgaris. Methods: 30 patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were selected. They were given Sidharthakadi Lepa for external application over face for one month. Patients were observed for changes on 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th day. The response to therapy was evaluated at the end of 28 days by calculating acne lesion score and the efficacy was determined by the percentage reduction in ALS. Results: The analysis revealed that 40% of patients had complete remission, 30% patients showed marked improvement and 30% showed moderate improvement.


2000 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 613-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
William MR Scully ◽  
M B Fenton ◽  
A SM Saleuddin

Using histological techniques at the light-microscope level, we examined and compared structure and sexual dimorphism of the wing sacs and integumentary glandular scent organs of 11 species of microchiropteran bats. The antebrachial wing sacs of the Neotropical emballonurids Peropteryx macrotis, Saccopteryx bilineata, and Saccopteryx leptura differed in size and location but lacked sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, confirming that they were holding sacs rather than glandular scent organs. Glandular scent organs from 11 species consisted of sebaceous and (or) sudoriferous glands in emballonurids (P. macrotis, S. bilineata, S. leptura, Taphozous melanopogon, Taphozous nudiventris), hipposiderids (Hipposiderous fulvus, Hipposiderous ater), the phyllostomid Sturnira lilium, the vespertilionid Rhogeessa anaeus, and molossids (Molossus ater and Molossus sinaloe). Glandular scent organs were located on the face (H. fulvus, H. ater), gular region (S. bilineata, P. macrotis, T. melanopogon, M. ater, M. sinaloe), chest (T. nudiventris), shoulder (S. lilium), or ears (R. anaeus). Glandular scent organs showed greater similarities within than between families, and typically were rudimentary or lacking in females. Scanning electron microscope examination revealed that the hairs associated with glandular areas of male T. melanopogon were larger and had a different cuticular-scale pattern than body hairs. These were osmetrichia, hairs specialized for holding and dispersing glandular products. In S. lilium, hairs associated with the shoulder scent-gland area were larger than body hairs but similar in cuticular-scale pattern.


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