The bhagandara caused by a swallowed thorn is first reported to the king as incurable and difficult; then it is opened with great care, the thorn is removed and its treatment carried out.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- शल्यज भगन्दर चिकित्सा
- Hindi
- शल्यज भगंदर की चिकित्सा
- English
- Treatment of foreign-body bhagandara
Ingredients and preparation
Preparation as described
After informing the king, open the fistula with great care and take out the thorn.
फिर उसका बहुत प्रयत्न के साथ विदारण करें एवं कांटे को निकालें।
How it is used
Surgical opening of the fistula and removal of the foreign body, followed by its treatment.
व्यपोत्ह्य शल्यं प्रतिपाद्य कृच्छ्रतां। नृपायं पूवँ विदधीत तत्क्रियाम्॥ 63॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Fistula-in-ano (bhagandara)(शल्य (कांटा)भ़ाण से उत्पौा भगंदर)
जो शल्य (कांटा)भ़ाण से उत्पौा भगंदर है।Source wording as converted, Chapter 13 · p. 234 · v. 63.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: Because it is incurable, its difficulty is first to be reported to the king.
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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Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
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- Chapters
- Chapter 13
- Extraction tasks
- T11
- Record id
- method_shalyaja_bhagandara_p306