A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF SAPTACCHADA (AL-STONIA SCHOLARIS) KSHARA PRATISARANA AND JATYADI GRITHA IN DUSHTAVRANA (NON-HEALING ULCERS)

Dushtavrana is a commonly and often encountered problem faced in surgical practice. The presence of Dushtavrana worsens the condition of the patient with different complications which may become fatal and life threatening. Local factors on wound like slough, infection and foreign body which affect the nor-mal process of healing. A healthy and fresh wound in a normal body heals earlier with minimal scar as compared with contaminated wound. Therefore, in the present study all efforts are made towards to keep the wound clean during various stages of healing. Good wound healing with Minimal Scar formation with minimal pain effectively is the prime motto of every surgeon. Acharya Sushrutha has explained 60 proce-dures for the management of Vrana at different stage. Kshara Karma is one among them which is men-tioned by Acharya Sushrutha and which is indicated in Dushtavrana due to its Chedana, Bhedana, Lek-hana & Tridosghna properties. Which does the Shodhna of Dushtavrana.