Removing an obstructed fetus lying among the intestines, liver and spleen is called very hard. The physician is to explain the difficulty to the king and the woman's relatives, smear his nail-trimmed hand with slippery drugs and ghee, insert it, and draw the fetus out skilfully and compassionately without harming mother or fetus, pulling it as it lies, turning it, sliding it or pulling it at once as its position requires; the verse adds that mantras are to be recited to her.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- मूढगर्भोद्धरण
- Hindi
- मूढगर्भ निकालने की विधि
- English
- Extraction of an obstructed fetus
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Ghee (ghrita)घी (घृत) | घृत / घी | Not stated |
How it is used
The physician's hand, nails cut and smeared with slippery drugs and ghee, is inserted to draw the fetus out.
बांधवों से कहकर लिवलिवाहट (फिसलने वाले) अैषध अैर घी को, नाखून कटे हुए हाथों में
Indicated for, as the text says
- Obstructed labour (mudhagarbha)(मूढगर्भ)
आहरेदसुहरं दृढगभँ। श्रावयेदपि च मंत्रामदानि॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 12 · p. 204 · v. 54-56.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 physician is told first to explain the difficulty of the case to the king and to the relatives.
- Caution in the text: Care must be taken that neither the mother nor the fetus is harmed.
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 must the physician do before and during the extraction of an obstructed fetus?
Explain the difficulty to the king and the relatives, cut his nails, smear the hand with slippery drugs and ghee, and take care not to harm mother or fetus.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Verses 54-55 are on PDF 276 and verse 56 on PDF 277; the commentary on verse 56 explains only the ways of pulling, not the mantras.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 12
- Extraction tasks
- T10
- Record id
- method_mudhagarbha_uddharana_p276