Management of Dushta Vrana (Venous Leg Ulcer) with Oral Ayurvedic medicine and Murivenna Taila Vrana Basti: A case report
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https://doi.org/10.70066/jahm.v14i2.2549Keywords:
Case report, Dushta Vrana, Murivenna Taila, Venous leg Ulcer, Vrana Basti.Abstract
Background: Venous leg ulcer is the complication of varicose vein and deep vein thrombosis. Venous leg ulcer occurs the incidence of post-thrombotic damage, superficial and deep vein incompetence. The symptoms of venous leg ulcer are thickening, chronic inflammation, induration, discharge, pain and discoloration of the skin then it forms blister around the ankle, due to the venous hypertension and trauma it may converts in ulcer. In Ayurveda, venous leg ulcer can be corelated with Dushta Vrana. Maha Ruja (Severe pain), Pooti Gandha (foul smell) are mentioned among the symptoms of these, which were clearly observed in the mentioned case. In classics there is various references regarding the use of Vrana Basti Karma (Oil pooling on wound). Vrana Basti is considered as one of the best modalities of Sthanika Shodhana and Ropan of Vrana. Clinical finding: A 53year old male patient who presented with complaints of venous leg ulcer in medial aspect of left ankle to shin of tibia associated with pain, discharge, slough, swelling, itching and discoloration of the skin for 2.6 year has been taken foe the current study. Intervention: Proper history taking and examination was done and patient was treated with Gandhak Rasayan 1 BD and Triphala Guggulu 1 Bd orally followed by Vrana Basti with Murivenna Taila over the site of Vrana. Outcomes: The treatment was beneficial results in pain, discharge, slough, swelling, itching caused by Dushta Vrana, as well as it completely healed the ulcer in 70 days. Conclusion: The Ayurvedic treatment protocol is useful in preventing reoccurrence of the symptoms. Murivenna Taila used to do Vrana Basti in this particular case has properties of Krimighana, Kanduhar, Shothahar, Lekhana, Kapha Vata Shamana, Sodhan, Ropana, etc. due to virtue of these properties it helps in fast and complete healing of the ulcer
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