Abstract

WOUND HEALING PROPERTY OF PANCHAVALKALA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DUSHTA VRANA –A CASE STUDY

*Dr. Pranali Shinde, Dr. Suvarna Sonawane and Dr. Sanjay Lungare

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Abstract

Many times even a single drug is enough to treat signs and symptoms of many diseases, but combinations with other drugs having same Guna & Karma is more useful, hence many ayurvedic texts have mentioned groups of herbs with same therapeutic action under Gana for treating various diseases. These herbal groups are more potent than single drug. Panchavalkala is one such group where barks of five trees of Ficus species are used in treatment. Use of panchavalkala in management of wound (vrana) is mentioned by charak samhita, sushrut samhita and many ayurvedic texts including Nighantus. A case of Dushta vrana (infected wound) is treated with panchavalkala in this study with promising results.

Keywords: Gana, Panchavalkala, Dushta vrana, wound management.