Abstract

Dr. Jagriti*, Dr. Satish Sharma and Dr. Vijayant Bhardwaj

ABSTRACT

The concept of mouth ulcer has been dealt in Ayurveda under the heading of Savasara or Mukhpaka Roga[1].The word Mukhapaka is formed by two words – Mukha and Paka. Mukha includes Osthaadi seven parts i.e. ostha, Danta, Dantamoola, Jihwa, Taalu, Kantha and Sarvasara, Paka indicates Pachana and Kledana. An Aphthous ulcer is a type of mouth ulcer or canker sore which presents as painful open sore, inside the mouth caused by a break in the mucous membrane. As per Ayurveda the line of treatment for Mukhpaka should be pittashamaka, shothahara, vedanasthapana, vranaropana, raktaprasadaka and keeping in mind the pathogenesis Vidangadi Vatika Guggulu as oral drug and Khadiradi Vatika for local use has been elected for present study. The present study was done on 30 patients of Mukhpaka, who were grouped into 3 groups with 10 patients in each group. Group A was treated with Vidangadi Vatika Guggulu as oral drug, Group B with Khadiradi Vatika for local effect and Group C with combination of both.The signs and symptoms were studied before and after treatment. Results of study showed, 10% patients were cured, 30% were markedly improved, 40% patients had moderate improvement, 20% showed mild improvement. There were no patients who were unimproved.