JALAUKAVACHARANA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETIC WOUND (MADHUMEHAJANYADUSHTAVRANA)

Diabetic wounds have failed to proceed through an orderly and timely process to produce anatomic and functional integrity. Wounds form a very extensive and important class of the disease. Diabetic wound re-mains a major clinical challenge to the medical faculty throughout the world. Ayurveda the age old and ho-listic system of medicine offers various tools for management of Vrana. In Ayurveda Acharya Sushruta, pioneer surgeon, have mentioned various types of wound and its management. To achieve good approxi-mation, early healing and acceptable scar, without complications Acharya Susruta has elaborately ex-plained Shashti Upakrama. Rakta mokshana is one of them. Based on this reference, a clinical study was done with patients having clinical features of Madhumehajanyadushta vrana. So, the present study is planned to evaluate the efficacy of Jalaukavacharan in the management of diabetic wound (Madhumeha-janyadushta Vrana). For these 15 patients were selected from O.P.D/ I.P.D of Shalya Tantra, N.I.A., Jai-pur. The treatment was accessed with observation and results for a period of eight weeks. After this thera-py, significant result was observed. It was observed that the results achieved are effective and stable during follow up period.