PriMera Scientific Medicine and Public Health (ISSN: 2833-5627)

Research Study

Volume 7 Issue 1

Therapeutic Efficacies of Turmeric Paste and Ash Ointment on Wound Healing in Black Bengal Goats

Rukhsana Amin Runa*, Sajib Chandra Barman, Sameer Ahamed Shohan, Rokshana Parvin, Nazmun Naher and Md. Rafiqul Alam

July 01, 2025

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Abstract

Across the Indian subcontinent, herbal remedies and other natural treatments are easily available for the treatment of farm animals. The study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of different materials that are historically used in Bangladesh to treat wounds. There were 36 incised wounds on the twelve Blank Bengal goats (three on each animal). Three groups of goats were used: Group A served as the control group, Group B received turmeric paste treatment, and Group C received cotton ash treatment. Data were collected on follow-up from the first postoperative day to the twenty-first. Additionally, morphological features such as wound swelling, the width of the sutured area, wound contractions, and the length of time the wound took to heal were recorded. On days 1, 4, and 8 of the operation, blood samples and tissue biopsies were collected for hematological and histological investigation. When comparing wounds treated with cotton ash to other groups, the contraction (0.27±0.01 mm), swelling of the suture area (0.37±0.03 mm), and elevation line of the suture (1.43±0.05 mm) were all lowest (P<0.05). According to histological investigations, on day eight of group B's wound, epithelial regeneration and healthy collagen fibers appear in the subcutis, whereas the keratin layer of epidermis appears thick and a huge accumulation of carbon particles beneath the muscularis layer in the wound treated with ash. We may conclude that goat skin lesions can be treated with cotton cloth ash in addition to other herbal medicines. Ash ointment and turmeric paste are both beneficial, but turmeric paste accelerates recovery more quickly.

Keywords: cotton ash; turmeric paste; wound healing; histopathology; goats

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