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KMID : 1200820150150030173
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Oriental Pharmacy and Experimental Medicine
2015 Volume.15 No. 3 p.173 ~ p.181
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Clinical efficacy of a herbo-mineral Unani formulation in scabies: an open-label randomized controlled study
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Rahman Jameelur
Farooqi Akhtar H.
Sultana Arshiya
Rahman Khaleequr
Rahman Ateequr
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Abstract
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To compare the efficacy of a herbo-mineral Unani formulation with benzyl benzoate in scabies. A parallel, prospective, open-labeled, standard-controlled, randomized trial was conducted in ZVM Unani College, Pune. Patients were randomized to receive topical application of either test formulation (n?=?30) (P. corylifolia, C. anthelminticum, C. tora and sulphur) or 25 % benzyl benzoate (n?=?30) respectively for 3 days. The primary and secondary outcomes were change in clinical grading of scabies lesions and intensity of itching respectively. In the present study, 86.67 and 90 % patients were cured in the test and control group respectively. At third follow up, itching severity score mean between the groups was statistically insignificant (P?=?0.66). At third follow-up mean itching severity score within group comparison from the baseline in both groups were statistically significant (P?
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KEYWORD
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Benzylbenzoate, Herbo-mineral formulation, Randomized controlled trial, ScabiesUnani medicine
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