For an over-burn the text calls for strongly cooling treatment, removal of hanging flesh, ligaments and similar tissue, spoiled or not, washing the wound with milk, covering it with leaves and then the full treatment described for wounds.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- अतिदग्ध की चिकित्सा
- English
- Treatment of an over-burn (atidagdha)
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | ़ीर / दूध | Not stated |
How it is used
Removal of hanging tissue, washing with milk and covering with leaves.
दुष्टादुष्टमपोह्यमेवमखिलं ़ीरेण वा ़ालयेत्।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Burns (dagdha)(अतिदग्ध)
- Wounds and ulcers (vrana)(व्रणोक्र क्रिया)
अतिदग्ध को भी कुशल वैद्य जानकर अधिक शीतल चिकित्सा करें एवं नीचे ¤ूलते हुए मांसों को, स्नायु आदिकों को भी दूर करें।Source wording as converted, Chapter 21 · p. 481 · v. 30.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.
Questions and answers
What are the four kinds of accidental burns, and how is a bad burn treated?
Sprishta, samyag-dagdha, durdagdha and atidagdha; a bad burn is sprinkled with lukewarm milk, smeared with ghee and cooling pastes, and its blisters are opened and covered with cool leaves.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The verse says the wound is covered with वनरुह leaves; the commentary renders this as leaves of trees. The commentary for this verse is on p.554.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 21
- Extraction tasks
- T23
- Record id
- method_atidagdha_chikitsa_p553