Abstract

Background: mukhadushika is one of the major diseases, which is being found in wide population of the world due to illiteracy, excessive consumption of oily food material and unhealthy diet etc. The painful eruptions encircled by meda, which are comparable to shalmali's thorns on the face throughout adolescence age and are known as yuvan pidika, tarunyapidika and mukhadushika. According to modern view, it is called acne vulgaris. It is a skin disease of pilosebaceous gland, it characterized by formation of open and closed comedones, papules, pustules and nodulocytic lesions, chiefly on cheeks, forehead, upper trunk, back region etc. Case report: patients attending the o.p.d. of govt. Dhanwantari ayurveda hospital, ujjain (m.p.) having the signs and symptoms of mukhadushika (̴acne vulgaris) were screened and the diagnosis was achieved based on careful history taking and clinical examination. 40 clinically diagnosed patients of mukhadushika were registered for trial and they were divided randomly in two groups. Conclusion: it can be concluded that clinically dwiharidradi kalk lepam and kumkumadi tailam combine work better to manage the mukhadushika (̴acne vulgaris).

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