A Critical Study on Raktapradoshaja Vikara with its Principle of Treatment (Mukhapaka) with Yastimadhu Churna.

Abstract

Introduction- As on today’s era, the changing lifestyle and eating pattern like  Visamasana, Adhyasana, Ajirnasana & consumption of Virudhahara causes  disturbance of the normal physiology which makes them prone to RaktaDushti  Vikara, Mukhapaka is one of them. It is a painful and often recurrent inflammatory  process of the oral mucosa seen commonly in all classes of society. Aim and Objectives - To study the efficacy of Yastimadhu churna in Mukhapaka on the basis of the principle of treatment of Raktapradoshaja Vikara (Shaman  concept of Raktapittaharikriya). Materials and Methods- 30 no. of patients were selected and administered  Yastimadhu Churna 5gm with luke warm water after food twice daily for a period  of 15 days. All patients were investigated for Hb gm %, BSL before and after  treatment. The collected data was distributed according to different demography and  Prakriti Pareeksha. The assessment of the subjective and objective parameters was  evaluated by the statistical w-test and paired t-test. Observation and result: - It has been observed that, the trial drug is statistically  significant at level of 5% (p<0.5) to reduce both parameters. Discussion and Conclusion:-Finally it can be said that the trial drug could be best  means for management of Rakta Pradoshaja Vikara (Mukhapaka). During the entire  duration of therapy, any adverse effect of the drug was not found.