Abstract

A CLINICAL STUDY OF EFFICACY OF TOPICAL APPLICATION OF LODHRADI CHURNA IN UMBILICAL CORD CARE OF NEWBORN BABY

Dr. Kshitija Santosh Londhe* and Dr. P. K. Dash

Abstract

Newborn health and survival depends on the care given to the newborn, although care is a very essential in reducing child mortality. About 25% of global neonatal death/ year occur in india alone and amongst them bacterial for about 36%, of which umbilical cord infections are an important precursor. Thus, Prevention is better than Cure, application of topical medications being one of the routes of drug administration have also been appreciated in our ayurvedic classics too. The importance and necessity of nabhinalparicharya are very clearly understood by Acharyas and are vividly stated in the samhitas. In Ayurveda, nabhi is mentioned as sadyapranahar marma, any of the ailments of deformity occuring at site of marma is not only difficult cure but might be sometime fatal to life. Therefor, Nabhi upakrama is very essential and vital for newborns. The present study was undertaken to evaluate medication of Lodhradi Churna in protecting umbilical sepsis in healthy newborn. This study provide nil discharges, no swelling and redness and minimal microbial growth percentage from the sample of umbilical stump till the day 15 of newborn.

Keywords: Newborn, Umbilical sepsis, Cord cut and care, Ayurveda, Lodhradi Churna.