Abstract

AYURVEDA CONSIDERATION OF VRANA, IT′S MANAGEMENT AND DIETARY, CONSIDERATION FOR WOUND HEALING

Vd. Sejal A. Patil*, Vd. B. N. Gadve and Vd. S. R. Lonikar

Abstract

Wound healing has been the burning problem in a surgical practice because of a remarable increase in the number of traumatic cases. The Ayurveda terms vrana resembles wound of modern science. The pathological condition of vrana may initiate due to the results of injury. Sushrut samhita, which is said to be a ancient textbook of surgery in Ayurveda, has mentioned about the diet for the person suffering from the wound and the author said that diet plays a very important role in the wound healing process. Ayurveda described various upakarma for the management of vrana such as: shashtiupakram, Apatarpana, Aalepa, parisheka, Abhyang, Sweda, Vimlapana, Sneha, Vamana and Virechana are some other approaches used for the management of vrana. Vrana is seen as debiliting the scaring disorder, usually seen affecting the human being at any age well balanced nutrition plays an essential role in the wound healing.

Keywords: Ayurveda; Vrana; Wound healing; Diet; Nutrition.