Abstract :
With the surface area of 2 sq. meters and accounting for 07 % of the total body weight ,â€skin†is the largest and first site visible organ of the body,which plays a key role to determine the beauty and personality of an individual. Such an important organ is destroyed in the dermatological disease. It is well acknowledged that most of the dermatological disorders are auto immune; chronic inflammatory and
psychosomatic in nature like psoriasis. In Ayurveda a variety of skin diseases are collectively explained under the heading of Kushtha. Ekakushtha is a variety of skin disease placed under the heading of Kshudra Kushtha. The clinical features of Ekakushtha are analogous to that of psoriasis. Even though Kushtha is considered as a
disease of Bahya Roga Marga, the initiation of pathogenesis is from the Koshtha. The endogenous factors (Tri-dosha & Tvaka, Rakta, Mamsa and Svedavaha Srotas) which obviously afflicted by exogenous factors like Viruddhahar, Adhyasana, Shitoshna vyatyasam, etc - make an avenue for the pathogenesis as well as manifestation of the disease. So main aims and object to treat the disease and to avoid the exogenous
factors (Nidana Parivarjana) and as well as to prepare a dietetic regimen. The study was conducted at Govt. Ayurved College, Junagadh. Total 89 registered and diagnosed patients of Ekakushtha, were screened for the Nidana (Aharaj) which have mentioned in Ayurved Samhitas.
Keyword :
Ekakushtha, Psoriasis, Aharaj Nidana