If pakshmakopa does not subside with the binding, it is calmed by scraping, by burning with fire (agnikarma) or by plucking out (utpatana), which is said to remove the burning distress it causes.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- पक्ष्मकोप में लेखन, अग्निकर्म या उत्पाटन
- English
- Scraping, cautery or plucking for pakshmakopa
Ingredients and preparation
Indicated for, as the text says
Therapies involvedSurgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)Cauterisation (agnikarma)अग्निकर्म (दागना)
Organs mentionedEyesआंखें (नेत्र)
उपरोक्र विधि से यदि प़मकोप शांत न हो तो उसको लेखनकर्म (खुरच) कर वा अग्नि से जलाकर (अग्निकर्म कर) अथवा उत्पाटन कर उपशम करना चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 318 · v. 278.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.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- The commentary runs onto PDF 391.
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