A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL TO STUDY THE EFFICACY OF AN ETHNOMEDICINAL FORMULATION IN DADRU KUSHTA

Dadru is a variety of Kushta with Rasa, Rakta, Mamsadhatu involvement. Its aetiology includes Aharaja, Viharaja, Chikithsaapacharaja, Upasargaja and Krimija factors. Tinea infection is analogues to Dadru in contemporary science. Being a Twak vikara, Bahirparimarjana chikitsa like Alepadi treatments plays an important role in the treatment of Dadrukushta. Taila is applied as Alepa on the affected part. The present study was conducted on 40 diagnosed subjects of Dadru kushta who were randomly allocated with 20 each in two groups. Tulasyadi taila was taken for one group which was compared against widely used clinical formulation Chakramarda taila taken as standard for local application in another group. The application was done for 14 days, and the data was collected from the subjects at baseline, 7th day (during treatment), 14th day (after treatment) and 21st day (follow-up). The assessment was based on the KASI method of grading and perimeter of the lesion. The results of the study showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the effect of Tulasyadi taila and Chakramarda taila in Dadru kushta. Keywords: Dadru, Tinea, Tulasyadi taila, Chakramarda taila