MIXED BLESSINGS OF KARNAPOORANA: STANDARDIZATION OF UNESTABLISHED TREATMENT OF KARNASRAVA W.S.R TO CSOM
Dr. Arohi B. Parmar*, Dr. Megha M Chandarana, Dr. Ravi M. Pandya
ABSTRACT
A 49 year old female was admitted in Ayurved hospital with complaints of on/off ear discharge from both ears since last 8 months, headache, allergic rhinitis and O/H of tympanoplasty in left ear. She was planned to be treated with Treatment of choice for the case- Karnapoorana in both ears. After one day of procedure she was noted with severe pain in right ear. In this case, iatrogenic effect of Karnapoorana was noted in right ear while good results were noted after 7 days in left ear. Karnapoorana is an ayurvedic procedure followed in majority of Karnaroga like Karnashoola i.e. pain in ear, karnasrava i.e. ear discharge, badhirya i.e. impaired hearing etc in which the liquid medicine is instilled inside the ear. In this study, an attempt is made to standardize the procedure for taking maximum outcome from the treatment and set a trend to follow in every case of ear discharge to avoid highly expensive surgical treatments.
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