21Dec 2017

EFFECT OF AGNIKARMA IN CHRONIC DERMATITIS.

  • Assistant professor/ consultant, Shalyatantra,Uttarakhand Ayurved University, Harawala, Dehradun, India.
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Acharya Sushruta, father of surgery, has described various surgical procedures along with various para-surgical measures. Agnikarma is a therapeutic measure in Ayurvedic system of medicine, which has got worldwide popularity because of its simple administration and efficacy in variety of disorders. It is a unique form of therapy performed with the help of agni which has been described to be superior to kshar karma, as the disease treated by agnikarma do not relapse and moreover those incurable by medicines (bheshaja), operations (shastra), and kshara are also cured by Agni. According to Sushruta samhita, in kapha dominant dadru kustha there are patches like atasi flower, blackish-purple or copper with spreading tendency with eruptions and itching are present. Agnikarma cures all the vata-kaphaja disorders as the ushna guna of agnikarma is opposite to that of vata and kapha doshas. According to the Hippocratic Text of Aphorism -? what the drug will not cure, the knife will cure, what the knife will not cure, the cautery will cure, what the cautery will not cure, must be considered incurable?.

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[Neelam Sajwan. (2017); EFFECT OF AGNIKARMA IN CHRONIC DERMATITIS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Dec). 1222-1226] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6078      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6078

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