Ayurvedic Treatment for Fractures

FRACTURES Ayurvedic Treatment

Your doctor will usually recognize your fracture by doing a physical examination, followed by a confirmatory X-ray scan.

Sometimes when an X-ray scan fails to detect a fracture, which is quite common with wrist fractures, hip fractures and stress fractures, your doctor may recommend some other tests such as:³

• CT scan – imaging test that uses x-rays to take multiple images of the bone to detect broken bones and other damage
• MRI scan - common imaging technique that takes multiple images of the soft tissues around your dislocated joint to find out how bad the injury is
• Bone scan – uses small amount of radioactive dye to reveal problems with bones and bone metabolism

These tests also help you doctor if the tissues surrounding your bones have been damaged.³

Diet Recommendations (Aahar)

• Consume diet rich in Calcium and Vitamin C for early recovery
• Should be provided with foods that do not cause heartburn and food prepared from flour grains.
• Increase protein intake in your diet with foods such as milk, eggs, chicken soup, fish, lentils, curd, paneer, etc to help retain muscle and cause early bone recovery
• Increase intake of vata-decreasing foods such as
  • Rice
  • Ghee
  • Boiled milk
• Good herbs for you (to be eaten with ghee or used as an external plaster): Manjishtha, red sandalwood, shatavari, flaxseed etc
• Avoid certain foods in your diet, such as
  • Carbonated drinks
  • Packaged foods
  • Junk food
  • Salt
  • Spicy foods
  • Acidic, pungent and alkaline foods
  • Oily foods

Lifestyle changes (Vihar)

• Take adequate rest to ensure quick healing of bones
• For bandaging and washing, use tree bard of herbs of nyagrodhadi group. Avoid putting pressure on the injured part

Do regular cold washes, apply plasters and do gentle oil massages