Treatment of Urticaria (Sheetpitta) in Ayurveda

Treatment of Urticaria (Sheetpitta) in Ayurveda

                                                                      Dr Himanshu Sharma    

                                                                        Ayurvedic Consultant

                                                                        NIAPR,Moti bagh,Patiala 

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In Today’s world of beauty and glamour ,it is a natural tendency that every one of us is highly conscious about our skin. Skin is the most visible part of the body that reflects personality of a person. Skin disorders like  urticaria creates physical as well as mental stress to an individual. Excessive itching sometimes becomes intolerable . Urticaria in Ayurveda is known as sheetpitta. Vat and kapha are two “doshas”, which are primarily disturbed in this disease. In the combination with pitta they create redness, swelling and itching on the skin. Acute urticaria is associated with more diffuse swelling of lips , face and throat and is spread all over the body.

 Urticaria is a vascular reaction of the skin characterized by a sudden general eruption of pale wheal or or papules,which are associated with severe itching.This condition may be caused by contact with an external irritant such as the nettle, physical agents,food,insect bites,pollens,drugs or neurogenic factors.

Treatment of sheetpit in Ayurveda

·         Our Ancient Acharayas has mentioned several classical ayurvedic formulations for the cure of urticaria. Ayurvedic  herbo mineral preparations restores healthy skin and cure urticaria by establishing the equilibriumof Tridosha(Vata,pitta,kapha)and sapt dhatus(body tissues).

·         Massage with the coconut oil helps to get relief of itching.

·         'Doorva’ (grass) mixed with turmeric powder can help to get relieved of itching

·         Giloy, Turmeric, Neem chal, Dhanvyas syrup

Other Ayurvedic Formulations are-

·         Haridra khanda -3gm thrice daily with water

·         Triphla churna -3gm thrice daily with water

·         Panch tikt ghrit guggul 500mg-twice a day.

·         Giloye satv 500mg –twice a day.

·         Tiktshatapalghrit-twice daily

·         Swarn Gairic  (Red ochre) - 5 grains, thrice daily with water/ honey

·         Arogyavardhini rasa - thrice daily with honey

·         Sut shekhar rasa - thrice daily with honey

·         Kaishore guggulu - 2 tab, twice daily

·         Khadirarishta -3tsf with equal amount of water twice a day after meals

·         Sarivadayasava-3tsf with equal amount of water twice a day after meals

·          Rasa sindur -  thrice daily with water

·         Nimbadi churana-3gm with water twice a day.

Diet Regime For Urticaria

Histamine occurs in food as a result of microbial enzymes converting the amino acid histidine (present in all proteins) to histamine. All foods subjected to microbial fermentation in the manufacturing process contain histamine. Included in this category are cheeses, fermented soy products, other fermented foods (e.g. sauerkraut), alcoholic beverages, and vinegars.

Type of Food	Foods Allowed	Foods Restricted
Milk and dairy	Plain milk Ricotta cheese	All prepared dairy products made with restricted ingredients All cheese All yogurt
Breads and cereals	Any pure unbleached grain or flour	Artificial colors ,Artificial flavors Bleached flour ,Cheese ,Chocolate
Vegetables	All pure fresh vegetables and juices except those listed	Eggplant Pumpkin Spinach Tomato and all tomato products
Meat, poultry and fish	All pure, freshly cooked meat or poultry	All fish and shellfish All processed meats All leftover cooked meats
Fats and oils	Pure butter Pure vegetable oil Homemade salad dressings with allowed ingredients Lard and meat drippings Homemade gravies	All fats and oils with color and/or preservatives Hydrolyzed lecithin Margarine Prepared salad dressings with restricted ingredients Prepared gravies

Conclusion

Urticaria(sheetpit) can be successfully manageble through Ayurveda. For Details Contact /email.