Skin is the largest organ of our body. It separates the internal body
part and protects from bacteria and viruses and regulates body
temperature. Some common but important skin problems are as follows.
Types of Skin
Diseases
Acne (तारुण्यपिटिका )
Acne is a skin condition that occurs when your hair follicles become
plugged with oil and dead skin cells. Acne most commonly appears on
your face, neck, chest, back and shoulders. Acne can be distressing
and annoyingly persistent. Acne lesions heal slowly, and when one
begins to resolve, others seem to crop up.
Eczema (विचर्चिका )
It is a long term skin disease. The common symptoms are dry and itchy
skin, rashes on face skin, elbows, knees, hands and feet.
Hives
Infections, stress, and allergic reactions to drug/food causes red
and sometimes itchy bumps in skin.
Impetigo
Main cause is infection by bacteria. When bacteria gets into skin
through cuts. Scratch or insect bite symptoms show red or pimple
like sores surrounded by red skin.
Treatment
Diet
All the skin problems are related to pitta dosha so the diet is
mainly for controlling this dosha.
Ayuvedic medicine
These medicines help to purify rakt dosha and decrease the pitta
dosha and remove toxins from body. This helps to recover the skin
problem.
panchakarma
Basic line of treatment for all skin problem is detoxification
(dosha nirharan) with help of panchakarma like vamana, virechana and
raktmokshan.
Disclaimer
Above information is not by any referral book or text book. This is our act to
give our experienced information about health to a common man in his own
language.