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विचर्चिका
Vicarcikā

Regional Name
Asam.	:	Becu
Beng.	:	Birarcikā
Dogr.	:	Viyānā Paanā
Guj.	:	Kharajauṅ
Hind.	:	Khujalī
Kan.	:	Isubu
Maly.	:	Vātapunnu
Mra.	:	Bicarcikā
Ori.	:	Bineī
Tam.	:	Themal
Tel.	:	Gajji
Eng.	:	Dry and weeping eczema
Signs and Symptoms Appearance of dark or dark brown coloured vesicles on the skin in the group form with itching and excessive discharge is known as Vicarcikā.
Treatment
External Applications 1. Take stem of Snuhī without its thorns, pack in it 50 g. Kalka of seed of Sarṣapa (mustard), cover it with clay and cook in fire. After self cooling mix it with Sarṣapa Taila (mustard oil) and apply as Lepa on the affected part. 2. Prepare a Lepa (plaster) by fermenting the seeds of Cakramarda (foetid cassia), Tila (sesame), Sarṣapa (mustard) and Vidaṅga, root of Kuṣṭha (koot) and fruit of Pippalī (long pepper) in water obtained from curd, till obnoxious smell appears. It is to be applied on the affected part. 3. Take stem of Sunhī (milk-hedge), remove its thorns, fill in it Saindhava (rock salt) – 50 g. and Kitchen black – 50 g., keep it in earthen pot, seal the junctions and cook in fire. On self cooling take out the drug from the earthen pot and prepare Malhara in Sarṣapa Taila (mustard oil). It is to be applied on the affected part. 4. Piṇḍa Taila: to be applied on the affected part.