Septilin in Dermatological Disorders
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INTRODUCTION Chronic relapsing conditions are the most frustrating problems in day-to-day practice. In dermatological practice there are many such types of conditions which are resistant to routine therapeutic measures. Sometimes these measures may give rise to short-term remission but relapses are quite frequent. Quite often the modern drugs and antibiotics have a deleterious effect on the skin. Hence it was planned to use an indigenous Ayurvedic medicine, Septilin of The Himalaya Drug Co., for its clinical assessment in cases of recalcitrant dermatoses.
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