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Your skin cells have pigment molecules called melanocytes that impart color to your skin. Vitiligo is a pigmentation disorder, in which these melanocytes are destroyed leading to white-colored spots, streaks, or patches appearing on different parts of the body. The areas mostly include the face, fingers, hands, wrists, body folds, and sites of injury. Mucous membranes (tissues lining the inside of the mouth and nose), the retina (inner layer of the eyeball), and areas around moles are other commonly affected sites. Normally the hair that grows on the affected patches of skin also turns white.

Vitiligo Causes

Although scientists and researchers have not yet zeroed in on any definitive cause of vitiligo; there are several theories purported as triggering factors

  • Autoimmunity: This is by far considered the most evident reason to develop Vitiligo. In this case, vitiligo patients develop antibodies that directly destroy melanocytes causing loss of pigmentation.
  • Genetic Predisposition: Another widely accepted view is that people with vitiligo inherit a three-gene group that makes them susceptible to depigmentation.
  • StressDoctors unanimously agree that overt unhealthy stress is the root cause of several diseases and could be a triggering factor for vitiligo as well.
  • Toxin accumulation: Several researchers have indicated that increased accumulation of toxins could lead to melanocyte destruction.
  • Miscellaneous factors: Some doctors also opine that skin injuries, sunburns, mental distress, and physical Illnesses could increase vitiligo susceptibility in some patients.

Vitiligo Symptoms

Vitiligo is a progressive skin disorder. In typical cases, it starts as a small spot and then extends symmetrically or randomly to cover larger areas of the skin as more pigment cells get destroyed.

The pattern of the disorder is atypical and varies in size, shape, intensity of the loss of color, and in the profile of their distribution. It may at times become a chronic skin condition or in some cases regress on its own.

Vitiligo Treatment Options

Popular Medicine declares there is no sure-shot cure for vitiligo. However, a lot of symptomatic measures are available that attempt to arrest depigmentation. Some of the popular ones include:

Corticosteroids are the first line of treatment and they are used topically, orally, or intravenously to arrest the spread of depigmentation and also restore pigmentation. Although considered to have a 75% success rate, they are not the most preferred treatment since they have non-uniform effectiveness; and long-term use may cause atrophy of the epidermis leading to skin shrinkage and the appearance of purplish-red striae. Other potential side effects include systemic absorption, glaucoma, suppression of the hypothalamo-pituitary axis, as well as Cushing’s syndrome, and growth retardation in infants and children.

Light therapy is another treatment protocol that utilizes certain wavelengths of ultraviolet light to induce melanin synthesis.

Laser Treatment involves using targeted phototherapy at a wavelength of 308 nm to induce repigmentation. It has a 50% success rate but is associated with side effects like hyperpigmentation, skin burns, and folliculitis.

Since a maladaptive immune response is one of the major reasons for vitiligo, Holistic doctors believe that an approach addressing this concern will definitely go a long way in achieving repigmentation. There is a lot of research ongoing in the field of natural medicine to unearth potential natural ingredients that may help restore the color back into your lives again.

In fact, plant remedies have seen a recent resurgence resulting from several factors, such as the effectiveness of plant medicines and lesser side effects compared with modern medicines.

Key Ingredient Highlights

  • Bakuchi (Psoralea corylifolia):

This is an Ayurvedic herb that is traditionally believed to help stimulate melanocytes to synthesize melanin. Studies suggest that bakuchi possesses immunomodulatory, antioxidant, and hepatoprotective properties, which may prove valuable in treating skin conditions like vitiligo. 1

 

 

  • Katuki (Picrorhiza kurroa):

This ayurvedic herb is traditionally believed to possess natural immunomodulatory and antioxidant properties that may help modulate the immune response and improve skin health.

 

 

 

  • Acacia catechu:

This Ayurvedic herb is traditionally believed to possess active constituents that balance the energy elements in your body and has rejuvenating properties. Clinical investigation has shown that Acacia catechu is a valuable alternative in treating skin disorders like vitiligo. 2

 

 

  • Bishop’s weed (Ammi majus Linn):

This natural ingredient is traditionally believed to benefit the health of the urinary, respiratory, and dermatological systems. Clinical analysis has indicated that the seed contains furanocoumarins, which stimulate pigment production when the skin is exposed to bright sunlight. Experimental evidence showed that vitiligo cases treated with this extract promptly responded and completely recovered or greatly improved within a short span of time. 3

 

Investigations including Homeopathic ingredients like Arsenicum sulphurated flavum, Arsenicum album, Nitricum acidum, and Syphilinum showed that vitiligo patients given these classical homeopathic treatments had significant improvement in their condition. 4

These are just some of the many herbs that are successfully employed to restore skin health. Biogetica integrates traditional wisdom with research-backed evidence and formulates multidisciplinary kits with ingredients that are traditionally believed to enhance the body’s melanocyte production cycle and support the restoration of normal skin color.

Our Kits Include:

  • Ayurvedic herbs: A combination of herbal extracts like bakuchi, katuki, acacia, pippali, etc that are traditionally believed to possess natural immunomodulatory and antioxidant properties. These polyherbs potentially promote melanogenesis and melanin transfer to the skin.

In fact, a clinical trial on our pigmento formulation reported that 60% of Vitiligo patients in the initial clinical evaluation of Pigmento showed repigmentation. 5

 

  • Homeopathic Attentuations: A potentized combination of advanced bio-resonance homeopathic remedies that are traditionally believed to stimulate the body to improve melanin production, stall depigmentation and restore archetypical skin functions. 
  • Nutraceuticals: Supplements that provide essential nutrients to provide nourishment and contribute to cell and tissue regulation to restore their altered homeostasis.

 

References:

  1. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=vitiligo+Psoralea+corylifolia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5
  2. http://ayushdhara.in/index.php/ayushdhara/article/view/16/16
  3. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1952.tb15880.x/full
  4. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Subhranil_Saha/publication/286349876_Homeopathic_treatment_of_vitiligo_An_open_observational_pilot_study/links/56951b5308ae820ff0749e0c.pdf
  5. http://www.biogetica.com/clinical_research/pigmento.pdf

About The Author

Dr. Gauri Mane
Dr. Gauri Mane Homeopathic Consultant

Dr. Gauri has a B.H.M.S degree from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Mumbai. She topped her class and graduated Magna Cum Laude. She is a licensed Homeopath, with over 4 years of clinical experience in Homeopathy, as well as Allopathy. She has also worked as a Research Coordinator for several clinical trials. Besides this, she posseses a Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital and Healthcare management (PGDHHM) from Symbiosis institute, Pune. She is also a certified Nutritionist and Dietician. Dr Gauri can assist you on Home remedies, Diet, Alternative Medicine and Homeopathy. She is thoroughly versed with Biogetica's ground breaking line of full spectrum products. Being a reservoir of information on natural health, she can be of immense help to you in your journey towards health and freedom!

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MEDICAL DISCLAIMER

All our products are made in FDA compliant GMP certified Laboratories in Germany, Switzerland, USA, India, and Spain. They are appropriately registered with the FDA as Dietary supplements, Homeopathic attenuations or Ayurvedic herbs. Utmost care is taken to ensure optimum quality and purity. Biogetica is a website visited from across the globe. Some countries consider Ayurveda, TCM, Supplements, Bioenergetics and Homeopathy to be medicine, while others do not. In order to comply with various FDA norms of numerous nations we say:

Ayurveda & Homeopathy may or may not qualify as medicine in your home jurisdiction. The complementary advice of our practitioners who are considered Homeopathic and Ayurvedic Doctors in some jurisdictions does not replace the medical advice given by your primary care physician. Biogetica’s Homeopathic products may be used for treatment of self limiting over the counter ailments in USA, India & Europe that support Homeopathy for OTC use. Biogetica’s Herbal remedies from the Ayurvedic, Chinese and other traditions may only be used to balance the 5 elements and rejuvenate organ systems in countries where Herbs, Ayurveda and TCM are not considered medicine. Biogetica’s ground breaking supplements may only be used to support the ideal structure and function of the various systems in the Human Body.

Information provided on this website has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Our products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

* This peer reviewed and published research has most probably not been studied or approved by the FDA in your country as a treatment or cure. Hence no disease claims can be made and you are welcome to take the natural ingredients for (immunity, lung health, cardiovascular health, etc). Homeopathy is medicine in USA but only for OTC issues. Ayurveda is medicine only in India and TCM is medicine only in China. Switzerland supports insurance payments for Homeopathy.

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There is insufficient scientific evidence that homeopathy works, and

The product’s claims are based only on theories of homeopathy from the 1700s that are not accepted by most modern medical experts.

** Our remedies have been traditionally used in Ayurveda and Homeopathy for centuries. Each remedy has a varying amount of modern research behind it. We, in abiding by the law make no claims of a miracle cure or permanent results. Individual results may vary from individual to individual.

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† All Homeopathic products are made in accordance with the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, a document which has been published for over 100 years and which is recognized as an “official compendium” by Sections 501(b) and 502(e)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 351(b) and 352(e)(3) (“FD&C Act”).” These indications are based solely on traditional homeopathic use. They have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration.

†† These testimonials are unsolicited and unedited except for the name of the sender. They contain the senders’ initials or first name only for purposes of privacy. These are actual emails from many we were able to help over the years. Testimonials represent a cross section of the range of outcomes that appear to be typical with these products. Your results may vary. We do however stand by our products and will refund you completely if our products don’t meet your expectations.

What we do is simply point you and your Doctors to independent research from all sources that we know of, on the ingredients or entire formulation of our natural products, which are Herbal, Ayurvedic, Bioenergetic, Homeopathic and Complementary in nature. We invite you to read these studies on our clinical trials page or on scholar.google.com. Results may vary from person to person as is depicted in the wide range of results seen in the clinical trials.

 

 

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