Article: A CLINICO COMPARATIVE STUDY ON MALATYADI TAILA AND BHRINGARAJA TAILA AS EXTERNAL APPLICATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DARUNAKA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS

Article Category: Original Research articles

DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.165167

Pages: 46-49

Author: Sharada Madiwalar *, Veerayya R Hiremath, S Gopal

Abstract: Darunaka is the most common condition of scalp, which affects the people irrespective of age and sex. Although it doesn’t affect the routine of the people but affect the psychological state of the young generation due to its intolerable complaints like itchy scalp, irritation, flakiness, redness. Seborrheic dermatitis is a form of disease characterized by red scaly rash, flakiness, itching, and irritation of scalp sometimes including face, nasolabial folds, eyebrows and chest. In this study 30 patients fulfilling inclusion criteria were randomly selected and divided into 2 groups each comprising 15 patients. Group A is given Malatyadi taila and Group B is given Bhringaraja taila for shiro abhyanga [head massage or oil application to head] for 21 days. Clinical signs and symptoms were given with suitable scores according to the severity in symptoms assessed based on relief after treatment. After 1 month of follow up both the drugs have significant effect in Darunaka but comparatively Malatyadi taila has better relief than Bhringaraja taila.

Keyword: Darunaka, Seborrheic dermatitis, Shiro abhyanga, Malatyadi taila, Bhringaraja taila