STUDY ON CLINICAL EFFICACY OF AVIPATTIKAR CHOORNA AND SUTASEKHAR RASA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF URDHWAGA AMLAPITTA

Abstract

The disease Amlapitta is a frequent presentation in clinical practice. Excess formation of vitiated pitta (Pitta Dr ava guna vridhi ) due improper dietary and lifestyle habits is thought to be the main pathological mechanism behind manifestation of this disease. Classical Ayurvedic formulations like Avipattikar choorna and su tasekhar Rasa are often prescribed in combination for its effective management . The present study was conducted to evaluate the eff icacy of both these classical formulation in the management of urdhwaga Amlapitta. The study was a single arm, open clinical trial involving 133 patients of Amlapitta attending the OPD of All India Insti tute of Ayurveda , New Delhi , India. All patients were screened on the basis of classical clinical findings of Amlapitta and were administered with a combination of sutasekhar rasa (125 mg twice a day orally after principal meal s) and Avipattikar choorna (5 g twice a day orally after principal meals) for 04 w eeks period. Scoring scale based on classical clinical features of Amlapitta was adopted for the assessment of the disease . Routine pathological tests such as blood, urine, stool, etc. were carried out. During the study, 20 patients dropped out and 113 pat ients were followed. After 04 weeks of treatment, Improvement in clinical features like Hrit - Kantha Da ha, Tikta - Amla Udgaar, Aruchi, Utklesha, Avipaak, Gurutaa and Klama was found to be statistical significant ( p ≤ 0.05). No adverse event was observed duri ng the administration of trial drugs.