Skin Disease

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In Ayurveda, it (Eczema / Psoriasis / Sclap psoriasis / Urticaria / Skin Infection) can be categorised under Twak vikara Lakshanas

Foods that cause skin diseases (Eczema / Psoriasis / Sclap psoriasis / Urticaria / Skin Infection):

  • Viruddha Ahara – incompatible food combinations
  • Intake of food mostly containing Hayanaka, Yavaka (low variant of barley)
  • Uddalaka (a variant of black gram)
  • Koradusa(Various kinds of classical grains) along with milk, curd, buttermilk
  • horsegram, black gram and oil
  • Intake of radish and garlic with milk
  • Continuous intake of aquatic and marshy flesh with milk
  • Use of Pippali, Kakmachi, Lakucha with curd and ghee
  • Use of Meat of deer with milk
  • Use of radish with jiggery
  • Excessive use of alcohol with milk
  • Intake of articles having sour taste with milk
  • Excessive use of green vegetables with milk
  • Intake of honey and meat after taking hot diet and vice-versa
  • Use of fish,lemon and milk together
  • Excessive use of newer grains, curd, fish, sour and salty eatables
  • Excess use of sesame seeds, milk and jaggery
  • Read more about such wrong food combinations

Habits that cause skin diseases:

  • Physical exercise and taking sun bath after heavy meals
  • Sexual intercourse during indigestion
  • Regular sleep in the day
  • To do exercise or to perform sexual intercourse after Snehapana (internal oleation) and Vamana (emesis)
  • Entering into cold water immediately after one is affected with fear exhaustion and sunlight
  • Withholding of the natural urges

Mental activities which leads to Skin Disease

  • Insulting wise men, teachers and other respectable persons
  • Use of money or material acquired by unfair means
  • Censuring or killing Virtuous persons

Premonitory symptoms of Skin Disease

  • Aswedanam(decreased sweating) or Atiswedanam (excess sweating)
  • Parushyam(roughness of the skin)
  • Vaivarnyam (discoloration of the skin)
  • Kandu (itching)
  • Suptata(numbness)
  • Paridaha (mild burning)
  • Klama(fatigue)
  • Signs and symptoms of eczema
  • Kandu (itching)
  • Pidika (blisters)
  • Shyava (bluish black discoloration)
  • Srava (oozing)
  • Ruja (pain)
  • Ruksha (dryness)
  • Rakta (redness/bleeding)
  • Vrana (ulceration)
Scientifically treatments have been classified as:

(a) Shodhana Chikitsa

When doshas are vitated in large guantity & disease is chronic then shodhan chikitsa should apply first. Acharyas have classified shodhana as:-

  • Basti Karma
  • Vaman Karma
  • Virechana Karma
  • Nasya Karma
  • Raktamokshana (Blood letting)

(b) Shaman Chikitsa

When doshas are minimally imbalanced & the body is weak. Shaman Treatment is more important. Shaman treatment can be classified as external & internal. Administration of proper food, medicines by mouth is internal treatment & the application of medicated oil, lepa (ointment), etc is external treatment.

External application Skin Disease
  • Among topical preparations
  • Lepa – cream application
  • Parisheka – sprinkling of liquids over the lesions
  • Avachurana – dusting with powder
  • Avagahana – dipping the affected part in medicated liquid
  • Dhuma – fumigation of the affected skin part

These have been mentioned in the management of all types of Kushtha.

Wholesome diet and habits Skin Disease
  • Laghu Anna (Light food)
  • Tikta Shaka(Bitter vegetables)
  • Purana Dhanya(Older grains)
  • Jangala Mamsa (Flesh of desert animals)
  • Mudga(Greengram)
  • Patola(snake gourd)
  • Shali-Shastika – rice harvested in 60 days
  • Yava – barley
  • Godhuma – wheat etc
  • In cold countries, for those people who are allergic to gluten, wheat might not be ideal
Unwholesome diet and habits inSkin Disease
  • Guru anna (heavy food intake) – causes indigestion and imbalance of Kapha, leading to worsening of itching
  • Dugdha (excess of milk and dairy products) – causes Kapha increase, leading to itching and excessive secretion
  • Amla Rasa (Sour food) – causes pitta imbalance
  • Dadhi (curd) – causes pitta increase
  • Anupa Mansa(Marshy flesh)
  • Matsya(Fish)
  • Guda (Jaggery)
  • Tila(Seasame)
  • Kulattha (Horse gram)
  • Masha(Black gram)
  • Vidahi Anna(Spicy food)
  • Ikshu Vikara (Sugarcane derivatives)
  • Lavana (Salty food)

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