Herbal Medicine: Open Access

Abstract

Skin diseases are commonly observed  due  to altered lifestyle, lack of physical exercise, poor hygiene, mental stress and improper food habits. Kushta (Skin diseases) is divided into Maha Kushta (Major skin diseases) and Kshudra Kushta (Minor skin disease). Kitibha Kushta (Plaque Psoriasis) is included in Kshudra Kushta commonly found today, having sign and symptoms similar to  Plaque  psoriasis.  Due   to relapsing nature of Plaque psoriasis it needs long duration treatment. It is a chronic, genetically determined, inflammatory and proliferative disease characterized by dry, well- circumscribed, silvery scaling papules and plaques of various sizes with spontaneous remission, relapse and seasonal variation. Lesions distributed all over the body with silvery scales, covering loops of dilated superficial capillaries underneath which are presented as tiny bleeding points on removal of scales (Auspitz's sign).