ROLE OF PALASH KSHARA PRATISARANA (BUTEA MONOSPERMA) FOR DARANA KARMA IN BAHYAVIDRADHI W.S.R ABSCESS – A CASE STUDY.

Vd. Chetan V. Mali* and Dr. S.V. Annapure

ABSTRACT

The disease Vidradhi (abscess) is a common ailment irritating humankind and incapacitate the sufferer for his routine work. It presents as a localized swelling with pain, reddish discoloration, local rise of temperature, tenderness and restricted function of affected part. There will be an invasion of pathogenic microorganisms and it got the tendency of suppuration. When the pus has been collected, the mandatory surgical intervention has been mentioned both in Ayurveda as well as modern science in order to drain the pus. In Ayurveda Acharya Sushruta described vidradhi which can be correlated with abscess and for that he mentioned the beautiful procedure of Darana karma i.e. to burst, included in shashtikarmas for drainage of abscess. It is nothing but the application of tikshna dravyas over suppurated abscess to achieve the spontaneous rupture of pus cavity so that it facilitates the easy drainage of pus and also it is difficult to do incision and drainage over vital parts where nerves and vessels are complexly arranged and so we can use darana karma at such places for drainage of pus.

Keywords: Vidradhi, Bahyavidradhi, Abscess, Palashkshar, Darana karma.