Conceptual Study on Dhoopana – A Reviw Article
Abstract
Ayurveda stated various methods for disinfection and sterilization which are are developed at ancient time, among these Dhoopana is one which is widely used and there are many references of doopana in Sushrutha Samhitha. Acharya Sushrutha successfully conducted various surgical procedures. Probably this doopana might have helped in preventing infections. Current day fumigation is also an important method of sterilization before surgical procedures and doopana can be correlated with fumigation. In many classical texts we get scattered references of doopana and many drugs having krimigna property which are used for doopana. Hence an attempt is made to compile all the doopana references in this article.
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