A loose tooth affected by the disease called shushira-dantaka is extracted and its root burnt with fire; the commentary speaks of burning the tooth pain with fire.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- हिलते खोखले दाँत को उखाड़ना और जलाना
- English
- Extraction and cautery of a loose hollow tooth
Ingredients and preparation
Mouth and garglesChapter 15 · p. 271 · v. 56
How it is used
Extraction followed by burning the root with fire.
समुद्दरेन्मूलमिहाग्निना दहेत्॥ 56॥
Indicated for, as the text says
- Dental disorders (dantaroga)(शुषिरारुयदंतक / शुषिरदन्तक)
Therapies involvedSurgery (shastra karma)शस्त्रकर्म (शल्य क्रिया)Cauterisation (agnikarma)अग्निकर्म (दागना)
Organs mentionedTeeth and gumsदांत और मसूड़े
जिसमें शुषिरदन्तक नामक रोग होकर दांत हिलता हो, उसमें दांत को उखाड कर दंत शूल कोSource wording as converted, Chapter 15 · p. 271 · v. 56.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
- Verse 56 has no heading of its own; शुषिरदन्तक here is a loose hollow tooth, distinct from the gum disease सुषिर of verse 69.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 15
- Extraction tasks
- T13
- Record id
- method_shushira_danta_uddharana_p343