“A CLINICAL STUDY OF AGARUVADI YONI DHUPANA ON EPISIOTOMY WOUND”
Dr. Sunita Siddesh* and Dr. VNK Usha
ABSTRACT
Episiotomy is one of the most commonly performed procedure in obstetrics. Post natal complications were more common among women who were subjected to episiotomy compared to those who did not have episiotomy hence postpartum care for episiotomy wound should begin as soon as possible, so the present study work has been done on episiotomy wound healing. Basically shodhana and ropana, are the qualities of the drug essential for proper healing. Many drugs have been described in classics for healing. Hence, to fulfil the aim the drugs explained under Agaruvadi yoni dhupana are mainly having vrana shodhana property which are helpful in healing episiotomy wounds. Aim: To evaluate the effect of Agaruvadi yoni dhupana on episiotomy wound. Materials and methods: 30 Patients fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected from I.P.D of SKAMCH & RC for the study. Patients were subjected to Agaruvadi yoni dhupana twice daily for 7 days. Follow up- Was done on 14th day and 21st day. Results: The study gave significant results on pain and tenderness and helped in preventing infection thereby aiding in wound healing w.r.t REEDA scale. Conclusion: Agarvaadi yoni dhupana was found effective in reducing the pain, tenderness and inflammation of episiotomy wound.
Keywords: Episiotomy, Agaruvadi yoni dhupana, vrana shodhana ,vrana ropana.
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