If much foreign matter has collected inside the ear and the patient is strong, a physician skilled in suction should carefully draw it out by applying a gourd or a horn, or remove it with a probe; an insect that has entered the ear is taken out the same way.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कान से आगंतु मल निकालना
- English
- Removal of foreign matter from the ear
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
Suction with a gourd or horn, or extraction with a probe.
हो तो चिकित्सा (चूषणकर्म) कार्य में निपुण वैद्य को उचित है कि अत्यन्त सावधानी से तुंबी अथवा
Indicated for, as the text says
- Ear disorders (karnaroga)(कर्णगत आगंतुमल)
सींगे लगाकर अथवा शलाका से निकाले (कान में कीडा घुस गया तो उसे भी इसी प्रकार निकाले)।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 264 · v. 25.Safety
- Needs a trained practitioner. This procedure or preparation is of a kind that should only be carried out under qualified supervision.
- Caution in the text: The text says it is done when the patient is strong, by a physician skilled in suction, with great care.
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
How is foreign matter lodged in the ear removed, and by whom?
If the patient is strong, a physician skilled in suction carefully draws it out with an applied gourd or horn, or removes it with a probe; an insect that has entered the ear is removed the same way.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- method_karna_agantu_mala_nirharana_p336