• Dr.RAJAT SHARMA
• Dr. Jithesh Chowta
• Dr. Chandrashekar
• Dr. Avinash Katti
• Nancy Sharma

HISTORY: The skin is said to be the biggest organ in the human body. Skin is vulnerable to a range of conditions depending on its size and exterior locations. The most frequent causes of skin disorders are fungi, germs, etc. In Ayurveda, all skin symptoms are grouped together under the general name Kushta. It is subdivided into Kshudra Kushta and Maha Kushta. Dadru is one of those. The present study is a clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of SHIRISHA MALAHARA and GANDHAK MALAHARA in the management of Dadru kustha in children. METHODOLOGY: A randomised Clinical Trial was carried out in 60 subjects with the age group of 10-15 yrs, presenting with classical signs and symptoms of Dadru Kushta. They were randomly allocated in to 2 groups, Group A and Group B with 30 subjects each. In Group A, Shirisha twak malahara and in Group B gandhak malhara was given for local application twice daily for 21 days. The observation was done on 15th and 22st day of treatment and follow up was on 29th day. RESULTS: The statistical analysis for analyzing the significant effect of each parameter before and after the treatment with in the group was done statistically using the ANOVA test with the statistical software package. The post hoc test used by the software was Tukey test. Comparative analysis between the groups was done by using t- test for objective criteria’s and Mann- Whitney Rank Sum test for Subjective criteria’s. CONCLUSION: Hence by this study, it can be concluded that, both Shirisha Twak Malahara amd Gandhak malhara are effective in treating Dadru Kushta

: Dadru, Tinea, shirisha twak malahara, gandhak malhara

"a randomised controlled clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of shirisha twak malahara in the management of dadru kushta in children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 11, page no.c70-c84, November-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2411210.pdf

"a randomised controlled clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of shirisha twak malahara in the management of dadru kushta in children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 11, page no. ppc70-c84, November-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2411210.pdf