Ear pinna keloid (vranagranthi) and its management through ayurved: a case study
International Journal of Development Research
Ear pinna keloid (vranagranthi) and its management through ayurved: a case study
Received 03rd April, 2019; Received in revised form 11th May, 2019; Accepted 06th June, 2019; Published online 31st July, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Dr. Piyush. G. Pardhekar and Dr. V. G. Dhakate. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Ear pinna keloid is a rare benign, dermal, fibro-proliferative growth characterized by excessive formation of collagen, without any malignant potential. It is one of the most challenging conditions to treat due to high recurence rate. Ksharsutra is the potential therapies mentioned in Ayurveda for such conditions. Ksharsutra is used simultaneously for excision, healing, after excision is considered to be effective in avoiding the recurrence in conditions of benign outgrowths such as ear pinna keloid. In the present study one patient was subjected to kasharsutra to excise Ear pinna keloid with the lessrelative risk of recurrence of keloid.
