Abstract

A CRITICAL REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON AGNIKARMA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DIFFERENT AYURVEDA SAMHITAS

Dr. Mundhe Vishwas Chandrakant*, Dr. Dhanwade Ravindra Rajaram and Dr. Ankush Dattatraya Khedkar

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Abstract

Ayurveda, science of life is the natural healing system of medicine to maintain health of a healthy person and curing the ill person. It gives more importance to preventive treatment than curative treatment and complete curing of disease with minimal chance of reoccurrence. As per Ayurveda, human body is all based on four basics that is Dosh, Dhatu, Mala, Agni, also known as „The Mool Siddhant‟ or „The basic fundamentals of ancient Ayurvedic treatment‟. Shalyatantra is branch of Ayurveda and the uniqueness of Shalya Tantra is due to the availability of dual treatment procedures i.e. shastra karma (surgical procedures) and Anushastra karma (Para surgical procedures). Further shastra karma is of eight types and Anushastra karma includes Ksharakarma, Agnikarma and Raktamokshana. Amongst Anushastra karma, Agnikarma is unique because of its simple technique and optimum result. By this technique various diseases are treated successfully without recurrence.

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