Effect of Dhupan Karma in Management of Bed Sores: A Case Report

Abstract

The Vranaropana (Wound healing) is a natural process but if infection occurs, the wound does not heal naturally and converts into a Dushta Vrana. Bedsore or pressure ulcer is a type of Dushta Vrana. Mostly it develops due to the immobilization of patients. It develops in the areas such as hips, ankles, heels, and tailbone. Acharya Sushruta has described the Vrana in detail in his Samhita. For Vrana, he has mentioned ShashtiUpakramas. Dhupan Karma is one among them. Dhupan is a process in which medicines are used in the form of smoke.  The drugs which have antibacterial, antiseptic properties are used in the process of Dhupan for both curative and preventive purposes of Vrana. In the present case study, a 73yr old female patient brought in OPD with a history of Left-sided Hemiplegia and Pneumonia for 15days. Due to immobility, she developed bed sores on the buttock region which were treated with Ayurvedic Dhupan treatment.