Abstract

LITERARY ANALYSIS OF BURN WOUND IN AYURVEDIC SYSTEM OF MEDICINE

*Dr. Dhiraj Kumar Pathak, Dr. Pankaj Kumar Barman and Dr. Champak Medhi

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Abstract

Ayurveda is an oldest surviving medical system in the world. The science that teaches the wisdom of living life is Ayurveda. Ayurveda gives equal importance to preventive measures and complete cure of a disease with very less chance of recurrence. Among the eight disciplines of Ayurveda, Shalyatantra is considered as the top branch seeing its applicability and usefulness according to Sushruta Samhita.[1] Different surgical and parasurgical therapy approaches play a key role in curing diseases when the medical management is limited. Sushruta Samhita, also known as Vranapradhana Tantra, is the first textbook of ancient Indian surgery (Textbook of traumatology).[2] Acharya Sushruta has described burn injury as a complication of parasurgical procedure like agnikarma. Likewise description of dagdha vrana, its etiological factors, pathophysiology, clinical features, classification management including various local and systemic measures found in Brihatrayi and Laghutrayi vividly.

Keywords: Vrana, Dagha Vran, Burn.