Abstract

AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF DUSHTA VRANA WITH RESPECT TO INFECTED WOUND BY SWARJIKADYAM TAILAM – A CASE STUDY

Shital Kailas Jagtap* and Ramesh Vanaji Ahire

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Abstract

Shalyatantra is a specialized branch of Ayurveda in which surgical medicinal and parasurgical like Agnikarma, Ksharkarma, Jaloukavacharana etc. are described for management of various diseases. Vrana Means destruction, break, rupture and discontinuity of skin. Dushta Vrana is one of the Vrana which need treatment for healing. In the present case 40 yr old female patient had a complaint of infected wound over medial malleolus of left lower limb and for this treated the patient by superficial surgical debridement and dressing with swarjikadyam tailam and parallel oral antibiotics and antipyretics drug given. It was observed that after a period of 20 days the wound size markedly reduced with a normal skin colouration and Dushta vrana converted to Shuddha vrana.

Keywords: Dushtavrana, Shuddhavrana, Superficial Debridment, Swarjikadyam tailam.