EFFECT OF LEECH THERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DUSHTA VRANA (NON HEALING VARICOSE ULCER) - A CASE STUDY
Dr. Sanap Nitesh Narayan* and Dr. Kalmegh Manjusha Sushil
Abstract
Background: Chronic venous insufficiency complications have now
more incident rates. Chronic ulceration of lower legs is relatively
common condition among adults. It affects 1% of the adult population
and 3.6% of people older than 60 years of age. When a venous valve
gets damaged, it prevents the backflow of blood, which causes pressure
within veins which leads to hypertension exceed to venous ulcers.
These are mostly along the medial distal leg, which often very painful
and can bleed to become varicose ulcer. In Ayurveda, this condition is
considered as Dushta Vrana, it can be managed with specific Shodhan
therapy called as Raktamoshan (leech therapy). Aim: The present
endeavor was to provide an effective way of management of Dushta
Vrana by leech therapy. Materials and Methods: Leech was used in present study
considering all three parameters i.e. Poorva, Pradhan, Paschat karma before applying leech,
and scheduled leech therapy performed. Results: In a total 6 sittings of Leech therapy it is
found that leech therapy in Dushta Vrana is highly effective and has less complications.
Conclusion: To treat the conditions like non healing varicose ulcer, it is always preferable to
follow the concept of Ayurveda treatment.
Keywords: Dushta Vrana, non-healing Varicose Ulcers, Raktamokshan.
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