“A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY ON THE MANAGEMENT OF BAHYA ARSHA (EXTERNAL HAEMORRHOIDS) WITH SUVARCHIKADI LEPA & PIPPALYADI LEPA” A-RESEARCH ARTICLE

Abstract

Arsha is as old as mankind being an abnormal to routine life. Arsha does not cause any threat to life but troubles a lot, so it is included in one of the Astha Mahagadas by Sushruta. This disease is largely confined to the Guda.(Anus) The management of piles has been a common problem for surgeon and proctologist ever since this disease was recognized as separate entity, Sushruta was the first surgeon who described certain para surgical and surgical procedures. The present available treatment measures are oushadha, shastra, kshara & agni karmas. Local external application is described by Sushruta. Hence a clinical study is planned to evaluate and efficacy of “Suvarchikadi lepa” in the management of arshas.In this study sample size of 30 patients were selected by simple random sampling methods, in the therapeutic effects are analyzed by using the Subjective parameters like 1) Pain, 2) Discomfortness. Objective parameters 1)Pruritis 2)colour changes 3)size of pile mass. The duration of treatment has a 7 days and clinical assessments were done in 3^rd 5^th & 7^th days interval. At the end of the study, the “Suvarchikadi lepa” has shown significantly beneficial result in sustainable manner.