KUNAKHA TREATMENT

🔺TREATMENT : KUNAKHA TREATMENT

📌DEFINITION:

🔸Kunakha is a Kshudra Roga (minor disease) characterized by thickening, discoloration, deformity, roughness, and brittleness of the nails, mainly due to vitiation of Vata and Kapha doshas affecting the nail bed.

📌 DRUGS USED

🔸Haridra

🔸Triphala

🔸Nimba

🔸Manjishta

🔸Aragwadha

🔸Kumari

🔸Gandhaka Rasayana

🔸Panchavalkala Kashaya

🔸Jatyadi Taila

🔸Nimbadi Taila

📌PROCEDURE

1. Local cleansing (Shodhana) with Triphala or Panchavalkala Kashaya.

2. Lepa (paste application) using Haridra + Nimba + Manjishta.

3. Taila application – Jatyadi Taila or Nimbadi Taila to soften and heal.

4. Internal medication like Gandhaka Rasayana, Triphala churna for purification.

5. If suppuration present – perform Vrana Shodhana and Ropana Karma.

📌INDICATED DISEASES 

🔸Kunakha (nail deformity)

🔸Pidaka (infected swelling)

🔸Dushta Vrana (chronic wound)

🔸Kustha (skin disorders)

📌 MUST BE AVOIDED IN

🔸Severe suppurative infections (requiring surgical drainage)

🔸Diabetic foot with poor healing

🔸Systemic fungal infections

📌 PRECAUTIONS IN TREATMENT

🔸Maintain nail hygiene and dryness.

🔸Avoid nail trauma and harsh chemicals.

🔸Do not apply Lepa on open infected wounds.

🔸Continue internal purification for chronic cases.

🔸Monitor for secondary bacterial infection.