Ayurvedic management of Sheetapitta - A Case Study

Abstract

Ayurveda is the science of life which described the Hita and Ahita to Ayu. Means, it described the favorable and unfavorable to life. If man doesn’t follow the rules described in Ayurveda, it leads to several pathogeneses, which ultimately produces different disorders. Sheetapitta (Urticaria) is one of such disorder, which caused by Asatmya Sevana means the Exposure to allergens and antibody. In present busy and fast life, one can’t follow the rules of Dinacharya and Ritucharya described in Ayurveda. Due to heavy industrialization and heavy traffic one constantly comes into contact with various pollutants. The spicy and fast food eaten now a days, which have very less nutritional values and also having similar properties to Viruddhahara. These all ultimately resulted into Dhatudurbalya (lower immunity). Which causes sensitization towards allergens as well as antibodies and produces various types of allergic reactions, one of them is Urticaria, which is very common. Urticaria is a disease characterized by itchy red rashes on skin on almost all over the body. Sheetapitta is characterized by Varati Damshta Samsthana Shotha, Kandu Bahula, Toda Bahula, Chhardi, Jvara, Vidaha. Based on sign and symptoms Sheetapitta can be correlated with Urticaria.