A Literary Study on Cosmetic Care with special emphasis on Varnya Bhava as mentioned in Charaka Samhita - Protocol Study

Introduction: Face the most important and beautiful organ of the body and a very few people are blessed with natural perfect skin, but this skin is often affected by certain anomaly at different ages of the life like scars, wrinkles, slack skin and hyper pigmentary skin problems. Toxins seems to be everywhere, food, air, water, with diminishing ozone layer even sunshine has become hazardous. Sunburn is the clinical manifestation of a complex inflammatory process in the skin, short UV radiation from the sunlight is the main cause. A variety of treatment modalities exist and newer once are continuously being introduced to tackle the cosmetic problem of hyper pigmentary skin problem due to sunburn. Now it is a time to highlight the Ayurveda in the world of cosmetics with its unique aspects. The adverse reaction of modern cosmetics and higher cost of therapy are also one of the causes to look towards Ayurveda for its humeral approach. There is a great demand for Ayurveda in the field of cosmetology. Acharya Charaka describes 50 group of drugs based on their pharmacological actions with each group comprising of 10 drugs under the denomination of ‘Dashemani’. Varnya Dashemani is one of them which is said to enhance the color in the individual. Cosmetological approach of Acharya Charaka in detail and whole aspect according to Ayurveda. Aims and Objective: 1) To study and make a comprehensive review of literature on the cosmetic approach described in Ayurveda. 2) To interpret and compare the concept of ‘Varnya bhava’ described in Ayurveda in the backdrop of modern understandings and discuss its significance in present day scenario for skin health. Conclusion: The major findings of the work highlighting its importance, relevance and utility will be summarized herein and conclusion will be made for further scope of advancement in the field of skin care and cosmetology.