Impact of Ingudi (Balanites aegyptiaca Linn. Delile) Seed oil on Prameha Pidika (Diabetic Carbuncle): A Case Study

Abstract

Background: We gone a thorough the literature the use of medicinal plants and plant-based products for topical ulcers and discovered the natural products and its derivatives account for more than half of all medications taken globally today. Case Presentation: A fifty-eight-year-old gentleman of middle socioeconomic status developed a carbuncle on right side of the nape of the neck with firm edge and a necrotic fowl smelling slough on the floor. Despite his attempts to treat the carbuncle at home and nearby allopathic physicians "it continued to enlarge and fester" (became inflamed and suppurated). The patient was visited the Trauma Surgery Out Patient Department (OPD), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Trauma center & Super specialty Hospital, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, and, following surgical incision and drainage. ET nurse consultation for regular dressing but wound did not show the progressive healing, patient was referred to the Ayurvedic OPD wing of Banaras Hindu University for Ayurvedic management. Sushruta used Ingudi oil for the management of vitiated/chronic wounds. This case study aims to anticipate the clinical efficacy of Ingudi seed oil in the treatment of chronic diabetic wounds without causing any side effect, which is a complex type of Diabetic carbuncle (Prameha pidika). Conclusion: Ingudi seed oil has prompt healing properties against diabetic wounds. Ingudi seed oil is natural, safe, and cost-effective material used in chronic diabetic wounds (Prameha pidika).