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Patients with thyroid diseases suffer either from hyper functioning or hypo functioning of the gland, commonly referred as Hyperthyroidism and Hypothyroidism respectively. About 1-2% of adult population is known to suffer from thyroid disorders. According to 1999 World Health Assembly report about 1.5 billion persons in more than 110 countries are threatened with thyroid disorders. Prevalent data indicates that Thyrotoxicosis is more frequent in females than males, seen in the ratio of 9:1 and effects the age between 20-50 years. Gandamalakandana Rasa and Nichuladi lepa has the properties like Pittagna, Shothahara,Madhura rasa, Ushna veerya and Vata Shamaka its 0ver all efficacy is compared with Kanchanara guggulu which is all ready established. In this study, 40 patients suffering from classical features of Thyrotoxicosis as mentioned in the inclusion criteria were selected and assigned into 2 groups of 20 patients each. Group A as Trail group, was treated with Gandamalakandana Rasa and Nichuladi lepa for 45 days and Group B was treated with Kanchanara guggulu for 45 days. Better clinical therapeutic efficacy was found in patients of Gandamalakandana Rasa and Nichuladi lepa compared with Kanchanara guggulu because the earlier was both given internally and external application. Overall response was statistically similar in both the Groups with 'P' value of 0.422.