The limb by which the soft-bodied child is caught is rubbed with the hand and cut, and the child is drawn out with great care; a footnote says cutting must never be done if the fetus is alive.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- गर्भच्छेदन
- Hindi
- गर्भ को छेदकर निकालना
- English
- Removing the fetus by cutting
Ingredients and preparation
VaginalChapter 12 · p. 206 · v. 61
How it is used
The caught limb is rubbed and cut and the child drawn out.
मलकर एवं छेदकर1 बहुत यत्न के साथ बच्चो को बाहर निकालना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Death of the fetus in the womb (mritagarbha)(सज्जते मृदुशरीरमपत्यम् / अटका हुआ बच्चा)
- Obstructed labour (mudhagarbha)(मूढगर्भ)
Therapies involvedSurgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)
Organs mentionedUterus and female reproductive tractगर्भाशय
तं करेण परिमृजय विधिरा:। छेदनैरपहरेदतियत्नात्॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 206 · v. 61.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
- Contraindication in the text: Cutting is never to be done if the fetus is alive (footnote).
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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Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
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- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
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