For wounds arising on the penis in shuka disease, the text prescribes the procedures of wound treatment and letting out the vitiated blood by applying leeches; the drugs described for the doshas are also used by a skilled physician after judging the strength of the doshas.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- शूकरोग के व्रण में जलौका प्रयोग
- English
- Leeches and wound care for wounds of shuka disease
Ingredients and preparation
External applicationChapter 14 · p. 243 · v. 10
How it is used
Leeches are applied to draw out the vitiated blood.
प्रकुपितरूधिरस्रावं जलैकाप्रपातै:।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Shukadosha (penile disorders)(मेढ्रजातव्रण (शूक रोग))
Therapies involvedLeech therapy (jalauka)जलौका (जोंक) चिकित्साBloodletting (raktamokshana)रक्तमोक्षण
Organs mentionedTestes and male reproductive organsअंडकोष और पुरुष जननांग
मेढू पर उत्पौा व्रण (शूक रोग) में व्रण चिकित्सा के विधान का भी उपयोग करें एवं जलोंक लगाकर विकृत रक्र को निकालें।Source wording as converted, Chapter 14 · p. 243 · v. 10.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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- Procedure
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- Chapter 14
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- T12
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- method_jalauka_shukadosha_p315