STUDY ON CLINICAL EFFICACY OF AVIPATTIKAR CHOORNA AND SUTASEKHAR RASA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF URDHWAGA AMLAPITTA

Abstract

The disease Amlapitta is a frequent presentation in clinical practice. Excess formation of vitiated pitta (Pitta Drava guna vridhi) due improper dietary and lifestyle habits is thought to be the main pathological mechanism behind manifestation of this disease. Classical Ayurvedic formulations like Avipattikar choorna and sutasekhar Rasa are often prescribed in combination for its effective management. The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of both these classical formulation in the management of urdhwaga Amlapitta. The study was a single arm, open clinical trial involving 133 patients of Amlapitta attending the OPD of All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India. All patients were screened on the basis of classical clinical findings of Amlapitta and were administered with a combination of sutasekhar rasa (125 mg twice a day orally after principal meals) and Avipattikar choorna (5 g twice a day orally after principal meals) for 04 weeks period. Scoring scale based on classical clinical features of Amlapitta was adopted for the assessment of the disease. Routine pathological tests such as blood, urine, stool, etc. were carried out. During the study, 20 patients dropped out and 113 patients were followed. After 04 weeks of treatment, Improvement in clinical features like Hrit-Kantha Daha, Tikta-Amla Udgaar, Aruchi, Utklesha, Avipaak, Gurutaa and Klama was found to be statistical significant (p ≤ 0.05). No adverse event was observed during the administration of trial drugs.