Vitiligo Medicines

JRK research
Jul 10, 2017 · 1 min read

Skin shade or Melanin does give the skin shading as well as it shields the skin from hurtful UV beams. On the off chance that melanin shade is lost because of any contamination, damage or because of auto safe ailments like vitiligo, the skin turns out to be greatly delicate. The skin cells being without melanin and constantly presented to sun/UV beams, get harmed and may prompt skin disease.

Vitiligo-What and Why?

Vitiligo is an auto resistant turmoil that causes loss of melanin color in skin coming about into uneven white patches. It is a dynamic issue in which the color cells of skin get harmed, lose their practical capacity of melanin development and furthermore neglect to exchange the melanin content from basal layer of skin to the upper layer which brings about vitiligenous patches. Vitiligo issue must be controlled and never cured totally.

Treat Vitiligo actually Ayurvedic medicines

  • Psoralea corylifolia or babchi- It contains Psoralen which on absorption of sun light activates the damaged melanocytes (pigment producing skin cells) resulting in production of melanin.
  • Wrightia tinctoria or Vetpalai — Augments healing properties of skin.
  • Indigofera tinctoria- Acts as anti-oxidant and contain natural pigment indigo.
  • Piper longum or long pepper- Induces multiplication of pigment cells and also helps in the melanin transfer from the basal layer of the skin to the uppermost layer.
  • Ointments and oils containing all these herbs can help in the formation of melanin.
  • But Vitiligo Medicines being an autoimmune disorder topical therapy alone may not be highly effective and so oral medication is also required.

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