Vitiligo is a skin disease characterized by white patches on the skin.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF VITILIGO
CAUSES OF VITILIGO
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF VITILIGO
DIAGNOSIS OF VITILIGO
TREATMENTS FOR VITILIGO
PROGNOSIS OF VITILIGO
COMPLICATIONS OF VITILIGO
VITILIGO AND AYURVEDA
NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF VITILIGO
PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF VITILIGO
SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF VITILIGO
LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF VITILIGO
AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF VITILIGO
CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR VITILIGO
AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR VITILIGO
AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR VITILIGO
AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR VITILIGO
COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR VITILIGO
HOME REMEDIES FOR VITILIGO
DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR VITILIGO
YOGA FOR VITILIGO
RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF VITILIGO

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF VITILIGO

Pale patchy areas of depigmented skin
It most commonly occurs in extremities and face
Premature greying of hair

CAUSES OF VITILIGO

Vitiligo is caused by the lack of a pigment called melanin in the skin.

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF VITILIGO

Melanin is the pigment produced by skin cells called melanocytes, and it gives colour to the skin. In vitiligo, there are not enough working melanocytes to produce enough melanin in the skin. This causes the development of hypopigmented white patches in the skin or hair.

DIAGNOSIS OF VITILIGO

EXAMINATIONS

Inspection of the skin by a dermatologist

INVESTIGATIONS

Skin biopsy
Laboratory tests – to find out underlying pathology

TREATMENTS FOR VITILIGO

Medications and therapies for the restoration of skin colour
Skin grafting
Light therapy

PROGNOSIS OF VITILIGO

Prognosis is based on the stage of the vitiligo, duration and condition of the patient

COMPLICATIONS OF VITILIGO

Sunburn – persons with vitiligo must protect the skin from exposure to the sun
Less self-confidence

VITILIGO AND AYURVEDA

In Ayurveda,vitiligo is falling under ‘Shvitra’.
According to Ayurveda, twakrogas are known by the general term Kushta. General medicines used for the treatment of skin diseases (kushta) are effective in vitiligo.

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF VITILIGO

Excess consumption of incompatible food
Vitiation of dosha and dhatus

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF VITILIGO

Hypo pigmented areas in the skin

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF VITILIGO

In the pathogenesis of Shvitra, tridoṣas (vāta, pitta and kapha) are involved.

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF VITILIGO

Twak vaivarnyam – white patches in the skin

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF VITILIGO

symptoms are manageable with proper Ayurvedic therapies

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR VITILIGO

Ayurvedic local treatment for vitiligo

Shvitrahara lepa – bakuchyadi lepa

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR VITILIGO

kanakabindhu arishta
manjishtadi kwatha
Patolamooladi kashaya
Pachatiktaka ghrita
Arogyavardhini Rasa
Gandhaka Rasāyana

AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR VITILIGO

Vamana- emesis
Virechana – purgation

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR VITILIGO

Internal administration

kanakabindhu arishta
manjishtadi kwatha
Patolamooladi kashaya
Pachatiktaka ghrita
Arogyavardhini Rasa
Gandhaka Rasāyana

HOME REMEDIES FOR VITILIGO

Intake of Indian gooseberry – cools the body, nourishes the skin

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR VITILIGO

Avoid food items that produce dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
Consume easily digestible food items
Consume vitamin A fortified foods
Avoid exposure to dust, smoke, sunlight

YOGA FOR VITILIGO

Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – calms the mind and gets relief from irritations related to vitiligo

The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.

RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF VITILIGO