CHARMADALA: A CONTRIBUTION OF KASHYAPA IN CHILDHOOD SKIN DISEASE
Journal Title: Journal of Biological and Scientific Opinion - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 6
Abstract
Kaumarbhritya (Ayurvedic pediatrics) one of the eight branches of Ayurveda is dedicated to child care. Acharya Kashyapa, author of the treatise Kashyapa Samhita or Vriddha Jivaka Tantra, which is considered a classical reference book on Ayurveda especially in the fields of Ayurvedic pediatrics. Kashyapa describes Charmadala, is the one of peculiar disease of childhood, affecting mostly in Kshirapa (milk is main diet) and kshirannada (milk and cereals both). Charmavadarana (Cracking of skin) is the main feature of disease. The main objective of this article to emphasize the etiopathogenesis, clinical feature with specific etiology and treatment of this disease.
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Ravi Khatri, B M Singh
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