How To Treat Bed Sores? Ayurvedic Medicines, and Home Remedies
Bed sores are the tissue injury developed by the prolonged compression of outer soft skin. It is also called pressure sores or pressure ulcers. It is normally seen in the paralyzed people who can’t change their position bed or wheelchair for a long time.
Ayurveda referring this as “Shayya Vrana”, that means injury caused by lying down and medical term is decubitus sore or decubitus ulcer.
How it caused?
Bed sore causes because of different reasons for different persons. People who are with less mobility due to poor health, coma, body weakness, injury etc. Mainly the bed sore causing due to:
- Prolonged Pressure:
The body part with more bone and less muscle affecting bedsore by the pressure of bone and other surfaces.
- Friction:
It is highly vulnerable to bed sore because the skin dragged over the surfaces. When the body becomes moist it is affecting highly.
- Shear:
Bed sore appearing when the body and surface moving opposite direction.
Other factors
The following factors also affecting the bed sore:
- Age
- Weight loss
- Poor nutrition
- Excess moisture
- Body dryness
- Less hydration
- Bowel incontinence
Ayurveda for Bed sore
Ayurveda suggesting some guidelines to follow, before and during the bed sore treatment. The patients who suffering from bed sore can follow the points mentioned below:
- The clothes and bed should clean daily
- Use Waterbeds/air beds
- Change the position of body by the help of someone
- Clean wound daily
- Apply some kashaya to clean
- Some powder can use for dusting

External application of Ayurvedic medicine more effective for bed sore. Most of the Ayurvedic skin treatment centers giving medicines to apply externally, like Agnijith, Thankana Bhasma, Triphala powder etc.
Effective bed sore treatment preferring some potent Ayurvedic oils like Ropana taila, Jyathyadi oil, Kanaka taila etc.
Home remedies
Strict hygiene measures promote the healing of bed sore and reduce the chance of infection. Some home remedies for bed sores are:
- Use saline water to clean bed sore
- Sprinkle Turmeric powder on cleaned wound
- Apply honey-sugar mixture in affected area
- Rub aloe vera gel on bed sores
- Massage affected area with warm coconut oil
A bed sore is an irritating skin issue to the patient and their family. But the Ayurveda giving complete bed sore treatment without any side effects.