Author:
Parbin Ahmed Jahanara,Kalita Shyamanta
Abstract
Bedsores or decubitus ulcers are severe manifestation of pressure induced skin and soft tissue injury also termed
as Pressure Ulcer and based on its chronicity and features of ulcer we can correlate the condition as Dusta vrana in
our Ayurvedic classics. Acharya Sushruta has given special importance to vrana chikitsa having 7modalitiesie
local shodhan and Ropana . Sushruta has described treatment of Dusta vrana on the basis of involvement of vitiated doshas ,site of vrana , excessive putrification and inflammatory changes. The current study employed
prakshalan with Aragvadhadi kashaya and lepan of Jatyadi taila and Yasad bhasma in a patient having bedsore in
lumbosacral region which showed reduction in size of the wound and associated symptoms along with formation
of granulation tissue and fast wound healing.
Publisher
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
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