Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3835

Full Length Research Paper

ScaNeem: Herbo-mineral therapy for scabies

Sultan Ayaz, Abdul Hannan, Khan Usmanghani, Halima Nazar, E. Mohiuddin, M. Akram* and M. Ibrahim Khan
Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 06 October 2011
  •  Published: 30 October 2011

Abstract

A study was conducted to determine the efficacy and safety of herbal coded medicine, ScaNeem, for the treatment of scabies. Open randomized descriptive study was employed in this study. The drug ScaNeem was prescribed to 60 patients while benzyl benzoate was prescribed to 60 patients who were registered at Shifa Ul Mulk Memorial Hospital. They all belong to villages around Hamdard University and urban population of Gadap Town area. The age range of patients was 10 to 50 years. The response of the treatment on symptomatology of scabies was analysed. ScaNeem was found to be an economical, safe and effective drug for scabies treatment and was statistically significant at p<0.03.

 

Key words: Scabies, ScaNeem, benzoyl benzoate, clinical trial, efficacy.

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