Wound healing through the ages

Right from the days of Sushruta in Ancient India, due to frequent battles and wars, healing of wounds was a matter of concern for all including ancient Chinese, Korean, Egyptian and African healers. Sushruta Samhita has two separate chapters dealing with healing of these wounds, and describes more than 100 plants for treatment of wounds both singly and in combination.[1] Sushruta has mentioned not only procedures and drugs to obtain a clean wound (Vrana Shodan) followed by healing (Vrana Ropan) but also medicines to help treatment of keloids.[2]

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

• Publication date

  2012-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.4103/0970-0358.101255PMID 23162212PMCID 3495363
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