EFFECT OF AN AYURVEDIC FORMULATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF POOTIKARANA W.S.R. TO CSOM
Dr. Shilpa Chaudhary*, Dr. Vijayant Bhardwaj, Dr. Satish Sharma and Dr. Jagriti
ABSTRACT
Pootikarana (CSOM) is one of the most common complaint encountered in clinical practice of ENT. CSOM involves 65-330 million individuals with draining ears,50% of whom suffer from significant hearing impairment.[1] Pootikarana is a disease with putrid discharge from the ear.[2] and occurs mainly due to Kapha Pitta Dosha. The severity and chronicity of the disease can lead to many dreadful complications. As the symptoms of Pootikarana are same as that of CSOM this disease was selected for the study. The present study was done on 10 patients of Pootikarana out of which 2 were drop out and were treated with Rasnadi Guggulu as oral drug. The signs and symptoms were studied before and after treatment. Results of study showed marked improvement in 1 patient (12.5%), moderate improvement in 1 patient (12.5%), mild improvement in 5 patients (62.5%) and no improvement in 1 patient (12.5%). The drug show no improvement in hearing loss and in perforation.
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