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Fire is called sharper than caustic, curing from the root diseases that kshara, medicine or knife cannot cure. It is not applied to ligaments, bones and joints; the burning means are bone,…

Heading that opens the description of cauterisation with fire (agnikarma).

Because diseases burnt with fire are destroyed from the root and do not recur, and diseases that kshara, medicine or knife cannot cure yield to it.

Cautery is applied to the brows and temples in head disorders and adhimantha, and to the eyelid hair follicles in eyelid disorders with the eye covered by a wet cloth; it is also named for…