Critical Review on Agnikarma and its Importance in Shalyatantra
1 Associate Professor, Shalyatantra Department, Government Ayurved College Nagpur
Ayurveda is a science for life and represents its unique concepts and principles. Ayurveda has 8 branches of treatment. Shalya (surgery ) is one of them. Acharya sushruta who is the father of surgery described several treatment procedures to treat disease as well as para-surgical procedures. Agnikarma is a unique para-surgical procedure that has a tremendous ability to treat several diseases. In Agnikarma, therapeutic heat burns are done on desired sites with the help of specific heating tools. The disease never reoccurs after treatment with Agnikarma . In modern science, it can be correlated with therapeutic burn or cauterization. Agnikarma is a boon in Ayurvedic Surgical practice and hence one must be aware of all the conditions were Agnikarma can give a successful result. This article is an attempt to enlighten various aspects of agnikarma and its use in the present context.
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How to Cite
Titarmare, V. T. B. (2025). Critical Review on Agnikarma and its Importance in Shalyatantra. International Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine, 15(5). https://doi.org/10.47191/ijahm/v15i5.08
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