Abstract

REVIEW OF CONCEPTS OF RAKSHOGHNAKARMA (STERILIZATIONAND ASEPSIS) MENTIONED IN ANCIENT TEXTS OF AYURVEDA

Dr. Sunil Kumar Pandey and Dr. Prashant L. Rasale*

Abstract

Sterilization it is emancipation of an article by removing or killing all Bacteria, spores, fungi and viruses. Deficient in of sterilization leads to complication like infection, impaired wound healing etc. In Sushrut Samhita various surgeries like Cataract (Lingnash), plastic surgeries, excision, orthopaedic, fistula in ano, gaynacological procedure etc. are described. So for the success of surgery, they explained various methods of sterilization(for patients lived in vranitagar, sutikagar, kumaragar etc, for vrana, for yantra shastra etc) like kashaya, dhupana, parishekah, agnitapana etc. They are mentioned sporadically in the classical text under various diseases, surgical procedures, and health routine.

Keywords: Raksha karma, sterilization, fumigation, bhutaghna, sepsis and asepsis.