Ayurvedic Treatment for Barber’s Itch

Ayurvedic Treatment for Barber’s Itch focuses on the host rather than parasites. It is caused by a bacterial or fungal infection. It manifests in the beard area and neck as superficial annular lesions.

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
  • CAUSES
  • PATOFIZYOLOJI
  • TEŞHİS
  • TREATMENTS FOR BARBER’S ITCH
  • PROGNOSIS
  • COMPLICATIONS
  • BARBER’S ITCH AND AYURVEDA
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR
  • AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT
  • AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES
  • HOME REMEDIES
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR
  • YOGA
  • RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT

Barber’s itch symptoms

  • Swellings
  • Crusting
  • Kaşıntı
  • Çıbanlar
  • Pus filled blisters
  • Reddish rashes

Barber’s itch caused by

  • It is caused by either bacteria or fungi.
  • The bacterial infection is caused by staphylococcus and pseudomonas bacteria.
  • Fungal infection is also known as Taenia barbae.

Patofizyoloji

Bacterial or fungal infections spread through the wounds in the face during unhygienic shavings.

Diagonosis

  • Potassium hydroxide wet mount
  • Bacterial culturing

Barber’s itch Treatments

  • Oral antifungal medicines
  • Antibiyotikler
  • Anti-inflammatory drugs
  • Local application of antifungal creams

Prognoz

Barber’s itch is curable

Komplikasyonlar

  • The deeper infection leads folliculitis
  • Destruction of the hair follicle leads to permanent hair loss.
  • Furunculosis
  • Scarring

Barber’s Itch & Ayurveda

  • In ayurveda skin diseases are included under the heading of kushta roga
  • Fungal infections are particularly similar to dadru kushta.

Nidana- Ayurvedic Causes

  • Consumption of mutually contradicted food
  • Suppression of natural urges especially vomiting
  • Improper administration of panchakarma
  • Excess intake of black gram, radish, sesame, milk and jaggery

Purvaroopam- Ayurvedic Premonitory Symptoms of Barber’s Itch

  • Excessive perspiration
  • Discoloration and appearance of rashes in the skin
  • Kaşıntı

Samprapti – Ayurvedic Pathogenesis of Barber’s Itch

  • Due to the above-mentioned causes doshas get aggravated. If there are any triggering factors like infections then the doshas lodged on the site of infection and symptoms are manifested.

Lakshana – Ayurvedic Signs & Symptoms of Barber’s Itch

  • Patches are copper-red colour
  • Spreads quickly by manifesting skin eruptions
  • Patches are characterized by itching
  • Development of pimples
  • Circular eruptions

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF BARBER’S ITCH

  • Sadhya – curable

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR BARBER’S ITCH

Ayurvedic local treatment for BARBER’S ITCH

  • Local application of tuthadi malahara , jatyadi ghrita
  • Washing with tutha drava

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR BARBER’S ITCH

 Ayurvedic Shodhana Treatment

  • Vamana – emesis
  • Virechana – purgation

Commonly used Ayurvedic Medicines for Barber’s Itch

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External Administration

  Barber’s Itch Home Remedies

  • Warm compressors help to reduce swelling
  • Application of aloe Vera gel
  • Washing with water boiled with neem leaves and turmeric

Diet & Behaviour

  • Sindirimi zor, soğuk ve kuru yiyecekler gibi dosha dengesizliği yaratan yiyeceklerden kaçının. Çünkü dosha dengesizliği semptomları ağırlaştırır.
  • Consume a balanced diet
  • Turmeric included in the diet.

 Yoga

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – Stress can exhaust your immune system, making you more vulnerable to contracting a fungal infection like barber’s itch, This pranayama calms the mind

Hastanın meditatif bir duruşta oturması, başının ve omurgasının dik, vücudunun rahat olması gerekir. Hasta bir burun deliğini (örneğin sağ elini kullanıyorsa sol burun deliğini veya tam tersi) başparmağıyla kapatmalı ve diğer burun deliğinden tamamen nefes vermelidir. Yine, diğer burun deliği başparmakla hala kapalıyken diğer burun deliğinden derin nefes alması gerekecektir.

 

Research Papers

  1. Ayurvedic Methods of Diagnosis and Management of Dadru Kushta W.S.R. to Fungal Infection

https://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR_Vol.10_Issue.3_March2020/18.pdf