A CASE STUDY OF DUSHTA VRANA (CHRONIC WOUND) TREATED WITH PRIYANGVADI TAILA

Abstract

Chronic wound (ie. Dushta vrana) is one of the very serious issues faced by the health care professionals around the world. Normally a healthy wound heals timely itself with minimum scar formation and damage to skin as compared to those infected or contaminated. So all efforts are made in to keep the wound healthy and clean in all stages of its healing. A wound is said to be chronic/non healing if it does not heal through normal set of stages and in predictable amount of time. A lot of treatments modalities have been developed by modern science for the management of wound, but either it leave harmful side effects behind or they leave a financial burden on the patients. In India a large part of population lies below poverty line and cannot afford such costly treatments. Keeping this in sense, Priyangvadi Taila could be a better option for treating Dushta vrana (chronic/non healing wound). A case report of 20 year – young boy, who presented with complaints of an open wound on the anterior aspect of his right leg associated with pain, discharge, slough, odour, edema, discoloration of the skin and with a history of six years has been discussed here.