A Clinical Study of Kankayan Vati in the Management of Arshas (Piles)

The purpose of present study was to evaluate the efficacy of Kankayan vati in the management of arsha (Piles). The study was carried out in 40 patients. 2 gm of Kankayan vati in the form of capsule, once in the morning was administered with takra (butter milk) as an anupan up to 21 days. The drug is given to those patients suffering from arsha and diagnosed by inspection, per-rectal examination and proctoscopy. The symptoms such as tenderness, burning pain, bleeding per-rectum, itching, anorexia, constipation & indigestion were taken for the subjective assessment of the disease. Recovery of patients was assessed by the relief in the symptoms. According to observations and results obtained it was concluded that the treatment of arshas with Kankayan vati has given significant relief in the symptomatology of the disease.&nbsp