A newly arisen ajagalli that has not ripened is calmed by applying leeches to remove the vitiated blood; if it has ripened, the wise physician should quickly incise it and apply the cleansing and healing of wound treatment together with drugs that destroy kapha and vata.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- अजगल्ली की चिकित्सा: जलौका और विदारण
- English
- Leeches and incision for ajagalli
Ingredients and preparation
External applicationChapter 14 · p. 250 · v. 38
How it is used
Leeches while unripe; incision and wound care once ripe.
अभिनवजनितां तां ग्राहयेद्वा जलैका।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Ajagallika(अजगÑी)
Effect on the doshas, as stated
Kapha: pacifiesVata: pacifies
Therapies involvedLeech therapy (jalauka)जलौका (जोंक) चिकित्साBloodletting (raktamokshana)रक्तमोक्षणSurgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)Purification therapy (shodhana)शोधन चिकित्सा
Organs mentionedSkinत्वचा
नवीन उत्पौा अजगÑी हो, जो कि पकी नहीं हो, जलौंक लगवाकर दुष्ट रक्र मो़ाण करके उपशम करना चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 14 · p. 250 · v. 38.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
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