A worm-eaten tooth should be extracted quickly by the wise physician; the commentary gives the reason that drugs cannot cure it.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- कृमिदंत को उखाड़ना
- English
- Extraction of a worm-eaten tooth
Ingredients and preparation
Mouth and garglesChapter 15 · p. 270 · v. 51
How it is used
Extraction of the tooth.
स कीटदन्तो मुनिभि: प्रकीर्तितस्तुमुद्दरेदाशु विशोषबुद्दिमान्॥ 51॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Dental caries (krimidanta)(कीटदन्त / कृमिदंत)
Therapies involvedSurgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)
Organs mentionedTeeth and gumsदांत और मसूड़े
इस कृमिदंत को बुद्दिमान वैद्य शीघ ्रही उखाड देवें । क्योंकि अैषधियों से यह ठीक नहीं होSource wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 270 · v. 51.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 does the text advise for a worm-eaten tooth (krimidanta)?
The wise physician should extract it quickly; the commentary adds that drugs cannot cure it.
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_krimidanta_uddharana_p342