Abstract

A CLINICAL STUDY OF SURAN PINDI & HARIDRADI LEPA IN ARSHA (HAEMORRHOIDS)

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Agri*, Dr. Pankaj Kumar Sharma and Dr. Ajay Kumar Gupta

ABSTRACT

In the present era, ano-rectal disorders are increasing in number due to adaptation of sedentary life style and various other factors. Among these, most common disorder is Arsha, commonly known as Haemorrhoids (Piles). It has been reported since thousands of years and its prevalence rate is highest among all ano-rectal diseases. Nearly half of the world population generally experience haemorrhoids problem at some age during their lives. The term haemorrhoids is popularly used to refer for pathological varicosity of the haemorrhoidal veins due to increased pressure, and usually results by straining during defecation, chronic constipation or diarrhoea, pregnancy, etc. Arsha is treated by different modalities in modern science, but till today no single modality has proved to be complete cure for the disease. A clinical trial was conducted in 15 patients, each diagnosed clinically and symptomatically as Arsha (Haemorrhoids). Patients were selected randomly irrespective of their religion, race, occupation, etc. They were administered Suran Pindi at a dose of 1gm BD and Haridradi Lepa local application for two months. This is an herbal formulation to treat Arsha (Haemorrhoids). Patients were monitored at every 15 days interval during the study period. Constipation, bleeding, pain or discomfort, itching, size of pile mass and prolapse of pile mass were observed over the treatment.

Keywords: Arsha, Haemorrhoids, Suran Pindi, Haridradi Lepa, herbal formulation.