Assessment of analgesic property of Karpur oil matrabasti in the patients of acute fissure in ANO by using visual analogue scale (VAS)

Abstract

Karpur has been used by ancient period for promotion of pain healing. A vast drug review shows that this drug also posses analgesic activity. The analgesic effect of this plant when used in anal fissure may be of great value in relief of pain which is a constant feature in these cases. As it compared well with lox gelly in its analgesic response, the nature of its chemically active constituents needs to be explored. The pain VAS is a unidimensional measure of pain intensity which has been widely used in diverse adult populations. Our main purpose was to evaluate the analgesic property of this drug in patients of anal fissure and secondary objective was to prepare a scientific, valid document over analgesic property of present drug in terms of visual analogue score. It is seen that drug karpur oil has significant impact over pain in terms of VAS so it can be used as analgesic agent in various anal painful conditions.