<i style="">Bala taila parisheka</i> – A traditional approach in wound healing

Abstract

A clinical study of <i style="">BalaTaila </i>(sesame oil processed with <i style="">Sida cordifolia</i> and some other indigenous compound) <i style="">Pariseka</i> (instillation) in wound healing was conducted on 30 patients and were divided into two groups of 15 each. Group I (trial group) treated by <i style="">Bala Taila</i> local application once daily & Group II (control group) treated by the cleaning with normal saline. Sterile dry gauze was used for dressing with an aim to assess the effectiveness of <i style="">BalaTaila Parisheka</i> in wound healing. Results exhibited that there is, reduction of pain (85%), swelling (80%), changes to normal colour (84.44%), reduction in discharge (82.92%), appearance of granulation (86.66%) and size of wound reduced to (79.41%).<b style=""> </b>The result of <i style="">Bala Taila</i> was found statistically significant in the process of wound healing.