Superficial grazing, rubbing or tearing of the skin. Wash wound with warm water or infusion of Marigold petals, Comfrey or Marshmallow leaves. Saturate pad or surgical dressing with 10/20 drops fresh plant juice, tincture or liquid extract in equal amount of water: Aloe Vera, Chamomile, Chickweed, Comfrey, Marigold, Plantain, St John’s Wort, Self-heal or other vulnerary as available. Notable products: Doubleday Comfrey Cream. Nelson’s Hypercal.
Also called a graze, a wound on the skin surface that is caused by scraping or rubbing.
Abrasion means the rubbing-o? of the surface of the skin or of a mucous membrane due to some mechanical injury. Such injuries, though slight in themselves, are apt to allow the entrance of dirt-containing organisms, and so to lead to an ABSCESS or some more severe form of in?ammation.
Treatment The most e?ective form of treatment consists in the thorough and immediate cleansing of the wound with soap and water. An antiseptic such as 1 per cent cetrimide can then be applied, and a sterile dry dressing.
n. 1. a graze: a minor wound in which the surface of the skin or a mucous membrane is worn away by rubbing or scraping. 2. the non-carious loss of hard tooth substances caused by external mechanical factors (i.e. not by chewing or tooth-to-tooth contact). It is commonly associated with an aggressive toothbrushing technique and is enhanced by *erosion. 3. any rubbing or scraping action that produces surface wear.
The wearing away of tooth enamel, often accompanied by the erosion of dentine (the layer beneath the enamel) and cementum (the bonelike tissue that covers the tooth root), usually through too-vigorous brushing. Abraded areas are often sensitive to cold or hot food or drink, and a desensitizing toothpaste and/or protection with a bonding (see bonding, dental) agent or filling may be needed.... abrasion, dental
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