Abstract

ROLE OF DIET IN WOUND MANAGEMENT: AYURVEDA PERSPECTIVE

Shweta Vasant Pawaskar* and Yunus G. Solanki

Abstract

Wound and its management has been a prime concern since ancient times. Wound healing is complicated process and successful wound care entails proper medications, wound dressing and proper dietary regime. Sushruta has written almost half of his treatise describing various aspects of wound healing. Ahar (diet) is one of the 60 treatment procedures (Shashti- upakram) of vrana. Specifically, in chronic wounds diet plays an important role for its healing. In Ayurveda, pathy-apthya (diet restriction) is described as a part of treatment of disease. This article will review the Ayurvedic postoperative dietary guidelines and their role in wound healing.

Keywords: Ahar, vrana, Shashti-upakram, pathya, apathya.