World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

EFFICACY OF PRATIMARSHA NASYA IN PREVENTION OF AKALA PALITYA W.S.R TO PREMATURE GREYING OF HAIR

*Sagar Sharma and Guheshwar B. Patil

ABSTRACT

Aim- Hair has a tendency to lose its natural color with advancing age. It is therefore natural for the hair to turn grey with age. But premature greying is a morbid condition and it makes even the young looks older. This causes a great deal of concern to the affected persons. akala palitya is a burning problem as large number. According to W H O, in India, its incidence is high in the age group of 20-30 years. Acharya vagbhata while mentioning the treatment of palitya told nasya as the first line of treatment and many acharyas have mentioned pratimarsha nasya with anu taila is one of the best ways for prevention and treatment of akala palitya. thus this drug was considered for the study. Methods, A total of 30 patients were selected from O,P,D of S,J,G,A,M ,College after fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. All the 30 patients were included in a single group and were advised pratimarsha nasya karma with anu taila twice a day for 90 days. Follow up was taken during treatment, Assessment of results was done by considering the base line data of subjective and objective parameters. Results: in this study, all 30 patients had satisfactory response to the treatment. However no more increase in greying of hair was observed during the treatment period by which we can draw conclusion that anu taila pratimarsha nasya prevents greying of hair.

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