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MANAGEMENT OF MADHUMEHAJANYA DUSHTA VRANA (DIABETIC FOOT ULCER) WITH THE HELP OF JALAUKAVACHARAN: A CASE STUDY

Vinay R. Sonambekar*, Pankaj Dixit, Santosh Pathak and Pritee Sanjay Shejwal

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Abstract

Diabetic foot is a serious complication of diabetes which aggravates the patient's condition & also having significant socioeconomic impact. We find the most scientific explanation of wound care in Sushruta Samhita, in that infected wound, non healing wound, wound with Slough, discharge, purulent wound needs Raktamokshan by Jalaukavacharan. Similar to how Sushruta valued bloodletting therapy, he regarded the leech as the most distinctive and successful way to draw blood-even from infected wounds and abscesses, it is also cost effective, easy to available & reusable. A 40-year-old male patient visited our Shalya OPD with a wound that hadn't healed over his left foot (the great toe) for two months was advised to keep taking antidiabetic medication in addition to applying leeches to the ulcer once a week, which, was followed by cleaning the wound with Panchavalkala Kashaya treated Successfully within 45 days. Size of wound, odour & pain decrease, However, further evaluation is required to be done by taking a large sample size to prove its significance in treating Diabetic foot ulcer.

Keywords: Diabetic foot ulcer, Sushruta Samhita, Jalauka, Vrana.