Title

Effect of turmeric and triphala in the treatment of oral submucous fibrosis among Indians

Authors

Praveen Kumar Singh¹, Balkrishn Gaur^2*, Shabana Banu³, M Prathibha⁴, Trushna Rahangdale⁵, Radhika Gupta⁵ & Shilpa Jain⁶

Affiliation

¹Department of Dentistry, KM Medical College, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India; ²Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology KD Dental College and Hospital, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India; ³Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, The Oxford Dental College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; ⁴Department of Periodontology, Subbaiah Institute of Dental Sciences, Shimoga, Karnataka, India; ⁵Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Index Institute of Dental Sciences, Indore, MP, India; ⁶Department of Prosthodontics Crown and Bridge, College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Rau, Indore, MP, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Praveen Kumar Singh - E-mail: pskumar1987@gmail.com; Phone: +918755355406

Balkrishn Gaur - E-mail: balkrishn2408@gmail.com; Phone: +919720492110

Shabana Banu - E-mail: shabanashaik32@yahoo.com; Phone: +91 8296881375

Prathibha M - E-mail: m.prathibhanaik@gmail.com; Phone: +918618991527

Trushna Rahangdale - E-mail:rahangdaletrushh97@gmail.com; Phone: +918305522932

Radhika Gupta - E-mail:drradhika1987@gmail.com; Phone: +919893032870

Shilpa Jain - E mail: croonyshilpa@gmail.com; Phone: +919407165748

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2024; Revised August 31, 2024; Accepted August 31, 2024, Published August 31, 2024

Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSMF) is a potentially malignant precancerous lesion. Various treatment modalities are tried to cure it including herbal medicaments. Therefore, it is of interest to determine whether using 1 gramme of triphala and 1 gramme of turmeric combined in a glycerine solution would be clinically effective in treating oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF). The study comprised thirty-six participants in the 18–50 age range who had no systemic problems. The medications prescribed for the patients were to be applied three to four times a day. Before and after therapy, blood samples were taken in order to check for any systemic outcomes of the drugs. Both before and after therapy, there were recordings of the burning feeling and mouth opening. For 4 months, patients were checked on a monthly basis after that. A statistical analysis was performed for the variations in the mouth opening and the changes in the burning sensation on the visual analogue scale (VAS). There was a statistically significant improvement in the mouth opening and burning sensation. Turmeric and triphala provide a natural product combination that is both safe and effective for treating OSMF symptoms.

Keywords

Anti-oxidant property, burning sensation, mouth opening, oral sub mucous fibrosisturmeric, triphala.

Citation

Singh et al. Bioinformation 20(8): 851-854 (2024)

Edited by

P Babaji & P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.