Abstract: Guggul is a small thorny tree and an important herb in Ayurveda treatments. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of Guggul paste application on Intravenous infiltration among hospitalised patients. An experimental pre-test post-test control group design was used. 60 patients having intravenous infiltration were randomly assigned to the experimental and control group. Guggul paste was applied on the infiltrated site and observations were carried out using the Infusion nurses’ society infiltration scale at an interval of 12 hours for three days. Results indicated that both guggul application and other standard care measures like magnesium sulphate dressing, warm compress, thrombophob ointment application were effective in reducing Intravenous infiltration however guggul was slightly better (p<0.05). Further investigation on a larger sample is required to generalise the findings.
Keywords: Guggul, Intravenous Infiltration, Thrombophob Ointment, Hot Fomentation
Title: Effectiveness of Guggul Application on Intravenous Infiltration
Author: Dr. Sripriya Gopalkrishnan, Praneeta Kamble,
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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