A case series of second-degree burn patients managed with Patoladi vikeshika, an Ayurvedic contact layer dressing

Management of burn injury is a challenging task as it can lead to considerable amount of agony and disability to the victims. An estimated annual burn incidence in India is 6–7 million. Depending on the degree of burn or the thickness of skin involved, the healing period will vary from 1 to 3 weeks....

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Main Authors: Ashwin Jayaram Shetty, K.M. Sweta, P. Bhat Ramesh
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-07-01
Series:Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947621000541
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description Management of burn injury is a challenging task as it can lead to considerable amount of agony and disability to the victims. An estimated annual burn incidence in India is 6–7 million. Depending on the degree of burn or the thickness of skin involved, the healing period will vary from 1 to 3 weeks. The aims of dressing in burn injury are to decrease the agony from pain in the wound, to protect or isolate the burn wound from the irritation caused by the dress worn and external environment, and to the hasten the healing of the wound. There are several established advanced dressings in use which hold the qualities of ideal contact layer dressing. Patoladi vikeshika is an attempt to bring in such contact layer dressings in Ayurveda. Patoladi vikeshika was prepared by impregnating Patoladi sikta taila, which was prepared as per Taila paka vidhi, over 10 cm × 10 cm sterile gauzes. These impregnated gauzes were packed and sterilized. The prepared Vikeshika was applied as a contact layer dressing over second-degree burn wounds of 3 patients, after cleaning with normal saline once in every 48 h. Within 4-5 dressings, wounds healed completely without any complications like infection. Patoladi vikeshika seems to have the qualities of an ideal contact layer dressing and therapeutically it has shown good results in the above cases.
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spelling doaj.art-0e0b57e73a8b47a3b3c3c03a77ce2d472022-12-21T22:54:45ZengElsevierJournal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine0975-94762021-07-01123544548A case series of second-degree burn patients managed with Patoladi vikeshika, an Ayurvedic contact layer dressingAshwin Jayaram Shetty0K.M. Sweta1P. Bhat Ramesh2Corresponding author.; Department of PG Studies in Shalya tantra, Sri Sri College of Ayurvedic Science and Research Hospital, Bengaluru, IndiaDepartment of PG Studies in Shalya tantra, Sri Sri College of Ayurvedic Science and Research Hospital, Bengaluru, IndiaDepartment of PG Studies in Shalya tantra, Sri Sri College of Ayurvedic Science and Research Hospital, Bengaluru, IndiaManagement of burn injury is a challenging task as it can lead to considerable amount of agony and disability to the victims. An estimated annual burn incidence in India is 6–7 million. Depending on the degree of burn or the thickness of skin involved, the healing period will vary from 1 to 3 weeks. The aims of dressing in burn injury are to decrease the agony from pain in the wound, to protect or isolate the burn wound from the irritation caused by the dress worn and external environment, and to the hasten the healing of the wound. There are several established advanced dressings in use which hold the qualities of ideal contact layer dressing. Patoladi vikeshika is an attempt to bring in such contact layer dressings in Ayurveda. Patoladi vikeshika was prepared by impregnating Patoladi sikta taila, which was prepared as per Taila paka vidhi, over 10 cm × 10 cm sterile gauzes. These impregnated gauzes were packed and sterilized. The prepared Vikeshika was applied as a contact layer dressing over second-degree burn wounds of 3 patients, after cleaning with normal saline once in every 48 h. Within 4-5 dressings, wounds healed completely without any complications like infection. Patoladi vikeshika seems to have the qualities of an ideal contact layer dressing and therapeutically it has shown good results in the above cases.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947621000541AyurvedaBurnsDressingHealing
spellingShingle Ashwin Jayaram Shetty
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A case series of second-degree burn patients managed with Patoladi vikeshika, an Ayurvedic contact layer dressing
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
Ayurveda
Burns
Dressing
Healing
title A case series of second-degree burn patients managed with Patoladi vikeshika, an Ayurvedic contact layer dressing
title_full A case series of second-degree burn patients managed with Patoladi vikeshika, an Ayurvedic contact layer dressing
title_fullStr A case series of second-degree burn patients managed with Patoladi vikeshika, an Ayurvedic contact layer dressing
title_full_unstemmed A case series of second-degree burn patients managed with Patoladi vikeshika, an Ayurvedic contact layer dressing
title_short A case series of second-degree burn patients managed with Patoladi vikeshika, an Ayurvedic contact layer dressing
title_sort case series of second degree burn patients managed with patoladi vikeshika an ayurvedic contact layer dressing
topic Ayurveda
Burns
Dressing
Healing
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947621000541
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