वर्णकर लेप
GUIDED BY – DR. PAVITRA MA’AM
RESENTED BY – AKSHATA HIREMATH
INTRODUCTION
• VARNAKARA LEPA IS AN AYURVEDIC FORMULATION USED PRIMARILY FOR
IMPROVING SKIN HEALTH AND COMPLEXION.
• "VARNAKARA" MEANS "COLOR-IMPROVING," AND "LEPA" REFERS TO A PASTE
OR EXTERNAL APPLICATION. THIS METHOD IS TYPICALLY APPLIED TO THE SKIN
TO ENHANCE ITS COLOR, TONE, AND TEXTURE, AS WELL AS TO TREAT
VARIOUS SKIN CONDITIONS SUCH AS PIGMENTATION, ACNE, OR DULLNESS.
REFERENCE
REFERENCE: CHA. CHI. 25/117
ध्यामकाश्वत्यानिचुलमूल लाक्षा सगैरिका |
सहेमश्चामृतासंघः कासीसम् च इति वर्णकृत् ||
( CHA:CHI:25/117)
INGREDIENTS
Drug Name Part Used Proportion
Dhayamaka PI. 1 Part
Pipala Resin 1 Part
Veta Rt. 1 Part
Shuddha Gairika 1 Part
Nagakesara Sd.
Amritasanga (Tutha) 1 Part
Kasisa 1 Part
- 1 Part
PROCEDURE
• COLLECT ALL THE INGREDIENTS OF VARNAKARA LEPA.
• GRIND THEM INTO A FINE POWDER AND STORE IT PROPERLY.
• BEFORE APPLYING IT TO THE BODY, MIX WITH THE GOKSHIRA/ROSE WATER AS
THE MEDIUM TO CREATE A SOFT PASTE.
DOSE
• DOSE – EXTERNAL USE ONLY
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
• ALL TYPES OF VARNA
BENEFITS
• BENEFITS OF VARNAKARA LEPA:
• IMPROVES COMPLEXION: HELPS TO BRIGHTEN AND EVEN OUT SKIN TONE.
• REDUCES INFLAMMATION: SOOTHES SKIN IRRITATION, REDNESS, AND ACNE.
• PURIFIES THE SKIN: DETOXIFIES AND CLEARS IMPURITIES FROM THE SKIN.
• ENHANCES SKIN TEXTURE: HELPS IN IMPROVING SKIN SMOOTHNESS AND
SOFTNESS.
• ANTI-AGING PROPERTIES: REDUCES FINE LINES AND PROMOTES SKIN
REJUVENATION.
PHARMACODYNAMICS
• SKIN REJUVENATION: VARNAKARA LEPA IS FORMULATED WITH INGREDIENTS KNOWN
FOR THEIR SKIN REJUVENATING PROPERTIES. DHAYAMAKA, PIPALA, AND VETA
PROMOTE SKIN HEALTH AND VITALITY BY PROVIDING NOURISHMENT AND IMPROVING
BLOOD CIRCULATION TO THE SKIN TISSUES.
• PIGMENTATION CONTROL: SHUDDHA GAIRIKA, NAGAKESARA, AMRITASANGA (TUTHA),
AND KASHISHA ARE RENOWNED FOR THEIR ABILITY TO MANAGE VARIOUS TYPES OF
SKIN PIGMENTATION DISORDERS. THEY HELP IN REDUCING MELANIN PRODUCTION,
THEREBY LIGHTENING DARK SPOTS, HYPERPIGMENTATION, AND UNEVEN SKIN TONE.
• ANTI-INFLAMMATORY: SOME COMPONENTS OF THE LEPA, SUCH AS
DHAYAMAKA AND NAGAKESARA, POSSESS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES.
THEY HELP IN SOOTHING IRRITATED SKIN, REDUCING REDNESS, AND
ALLEVIATING INFLAMMATION ASSOCIATED WITH SKIN CONDITIONS LIKE ACNE,
ECZEMA, AND DERMATITIS.
• ANTIOXIDANT: THE FORMULATION MAY EXHIBIT ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY
ATTRIBUTED TO INGREDIENTS LIKE PIPALA AND VETA. ANTIOXIDANTS HELP IN
NEUTRALIZING FREE RADICALS, THEREBY PROTECTING THE SKIN FROM
OXIDATIVE DAMAGE AND PREMATURE AGING.
PHARMACOKINETICS
• TOPICAL ABSORPTION: WHEN APPLIED EXTERNALLY, THE ACTIVE
CONSTITUENTS OF VARNAKARA LEPA ARE ABSORBED THROUGH THE SKIN.
THE ABSORPTION MAY VARY DEPENDING ON FACTORS SUCH AS SKIN
PERMEABILITY AND THE SOLUBILITY OF THE HERBAL COMPONENTS.
• LOCAL DISTRIBUTION: UPON ABSORPTION, THE HERBAL COMPOUNDS ARE
DISTRIBUTED LOCALLY WITHIN THE SKIN LAYERS, WHERE THEY EXERT THEIR
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS.
THEY TARGET THE MELANOCYTES, SEBACEOUS GLANDS, AND INFLAMMATORY
MEDIATORS PRESENT IN THE SKIN
• METABOLISM: THE METABOLISM OF THE HERBAL CONSTITUENTS MAY OCCUR
LOCALLY WITHIN THE SKIN CELLS.
METABOLITES FORMED THROUGH ENZYMATIC PROCESSES CONTRIBUTE TO
THE OBSERVED PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIONS OF THE LEPA.
• ELIMINATION: METABOLITES AND UNABSORBED RESIDUES ARE ELIMINATED
FROM THE SKIN SURFACE THROUGH NATURAL PROCESSES SUCH AS
SWEATING AND SHEDDING OF SKIN CELLS. THE DURATION OF ELIMINATION
MAY VARY DEPENDING ON FACTORS LIKE SKIN TURNOVER RATE AND
INDIVIDUAL SKIN HEALTH.
RESEARCH UPDATES
VARNAKARA LEPA: FOR COMPLEXION CARE
PUBLISHED IN INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH
AUTHOR: MRIGANKA MISHRA
• RESULT :
• DURING THE STUDY IT WAS NOTED THAT OUT OF 13 ENROLLED PATIENTS, 10 PATIENTS COMPLETED THE STUDY. 50% PATIENTS HAVE
EXPOSURE TO SUN AS AGGRAVATING FACTOR AND 60% HAS STRESS AND WORRIES AS AGGRAVATING FACTOR. 20% FEMALES HAVE
IRREGULAR MENSTRUAL HISTORY SUGGESTING HORMONAL DISTURBANCE IS ALSO PRIME CAUSATIVE FACTOR. 30% OF PATIENTS HAVE
MARKED HYPER-PIGMENTATION OVER THE CHEEK REGION.
• THERE IS MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN LEVEL OF TANNING, HYPER-PIGMENTATION, DULLNESS, DRYNESS OF SKIN. 80% PATIENTS GOT
RELIEF FROM TANNING AND HYPER-PIGMENTATION. 90% OF PATIENTS GOT RELIEF IN DRYNESS AND DULLNESS OF SKIN. ALL THE
PATIENTS FELT COOLING AND SMOOTHENING EFFECT.
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