Management of Venous Ulcer through Ayurveda: A Case Report

Ratha, Kshirod Kumar; Ps, Aswani; Dighe, Dattatray; Meher, Sudhansu; Panda, Ashok Kumar

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“…Varicose veins which eventually causes chronic venous hypertension causes haemosiderin deposition in the subcutaneous plane from lysed RBCs results into Eczema, Dermatitis, Lipodermatosclerosis, Fibrosis, Anoxia and finally result in ulceration. [1] Venous ulcer size is large shallow, vertically and oval in shape, irregular margin, sloping edge, floor cover with unhealthy granulation tissue, base is fix, painless, serous discharge. [2] Venous ulcer is usually recurrent, and an open ulcer can persist for weeks to many years.…”

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Utility of Vrana Basti in the Management of Venous Ulcer. A Single Case Report

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Mahadevi²,

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Varicose ulcer or Venous ulcer is open wounds in the skin that occurs with sustained venous hypertension and improper functioning of venous valve, usually in the lower limbs. It is one of the most serious chronic venous insufficiency complications, accounting for 80% of lower extremity ulcerations. Gangrene, cellulitis and risk of amputation are the complications if it is left untreated. Symptomatologies of venous ulcer indicate the correlation towards sirajanyadushtavrana, which is explained in Sushruta Samhita. A case of 26- Year- old male who presented with complaints of venous ulcer in medial aspect of lower 1/3rd of left leg associated with pain, swelling, and discoloration of the skin since 3 months has been taken for the current study. Vranabasti for 5 days was done Followed by cleaning and dressing with NS and jatyaditaila. oral medicines are Sahacharaadikashaya two times a day, tab Kaishoraguggulu three times a day, cap viscovas three times a day, khadiraaristha two times a day, sahacharaaditaila for local application twice a day. There was Significant improvements in the size of the wound and nature of tissues.

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Utility of Vrana Basti in the Management of Venous Ulcer. A Single Case Report

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“…They can be very painful and may limit mobility and quality of life. In Ayurveda Varicose veins can be considered as Kutilasira [5] . Vata becomes vitiated in body due to various vata vitiating factors, this vitiated vata dosa obtain stana samshraya causes shotha & shola, if left untreated causes Kutilasira (varicose veins) and it is kricchra sadhya in early stage and asadhya in later stage.…”

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Significance of elevation of foot in management of varicose veins and its sequelae

Nagendra¹

2022

J. Sci. Innov. Res.

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Varicose veins are a severe clinical manifestation of chronic venous insufficiency [1] , prolonged standing / sitting causes blood to pool in veins of Lower limbs, there by increases the pressure in veins, then veins stretch from Increased pressure, these may weaken the walls of veins and damage the valves. CVI associated with Impaired blood flow leads to tissue congestion oedema and eventually impairement of tissue nutrition. In advanced venous insufficiency Impaired tissue nutrition can causes statis dermatits and development of varicose ulcer. If varicose ulcer is not treated properly, then it gets Infected leads to cellulitis and gangrene, may require amputation of part of limb. The present article deals with brief introduction regarding aetiopathogenesis of varicose veins and its sequelae related symptoms. The aim of writing article is to express the significance of elevation of foot in varicose veins and its sequelae.

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Varicose ulcer and stasis eczema ayurveda perspective

Jogad¹,

Jain²

2022

Journal of Indian System of Medicine

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Varicose ulcers occur due to chronic venous occlusion. This insufficiency leads to ischemia in the vascular supply of the leg, which results in regurgitation of blood through venous valves. When this happens in the cephalous group of veins, it results in varicose ulcers of the leg. The prevalence of chronic venous ulcers in the leg is 70%–80%. If these ulcers are ignored, they can land into cellulitis, gangrene. In Ayurveda perspective, varicose ulcers can be defined as with Vrana developed due to Siragat Vat and also with Vatatrakta. Varicose ulcers can be treated with Ayurveda principles effectively. Its recurrence is common so it also can be prevented by Ayurveda principles. This case was treated on the line of Vatarakta and Dushta Sirajanyavrana. The first target was to correct the Vrana so the drug having property to Vrana Shodhan and Ropan (wound healing and cleaning) was selected. Kleda Nashak and Shothahar (edema), and Raktashodhak and Prasadana (blood purify and circulation). Raktamokshan (bloodletting) helps in the removal of Utkleshit (vitiated) Dosha of site of disease and thus cures the disease faster. By applying these principles, this case shows a marked improvement in all clinical presentations of varicose ulcer and stasis eczema. These are the outcomes of this case. Present case was treated with Ayurveda principle and less period of time, details of case are discussed here. Allopathic medicine can leads to recurrence of diseases as shown in the present case but with the help of Ayurveda treatment chances of recurrences are minimized that is why this is unique case. This case report proposes an innovative treatment protocol to treat varicose ulcers, which needs to study on large scale.

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Management of Venous Ulcer through Ayurveda: A Case Report

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Utility of Vrana Basti in the Management of Venous Ulcer. A Single Case Report

Utility of Vrana Basti in the Management of Venous Ulcer. A Single Case Report

Significance of elevation of foot in management of varicose veins and its sequelae

Varicose ulcer and stasis eczema ayurveda perspective

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