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- Title
Allergic contact dermatitis following aromatherapy with valiya narayana thailam–an ayurvedic oil presenting as exfoliative dermatitis.
- Authors
Lakshmi, Chembolli; Srinivas, Chakravarthi Rangachari
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 72-year-old male patient who developed allergic dermatitis following the aromatherapy with valiya narayana thailam ayurvedic oil. It states that patient complained of pruritus with erhytema and scaling of skin after a month of applying an ayurvedic oil over his knee and leg for joint pain. The patient was advised not to apply valiya narayana thailam in any part of his body and has been free of lesions since.
- Subjects
EXFOLIATIVE dermatitis; AYURVEDIC medicine; SKIN inflammation; AROMATHERAPY; JOINT diseases
- Publication
Contact Dermatitis (01051873), 2009, Vol 61, Issue 5, p297
- ISSN
0105-1873
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01627.x