SITE ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE FOR AGNIKARMA: A METHOD FOR EFFECTIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT

Advait Gohil* and Dr. Shankar

ABSTRACT

Sushruta acharya gives utmost importance to Shalya tantra Vigyan and has mentioned about the Shashti-upakramas i.e. 60 different type of method for healing, which includes wound healing, pain reducing, preventing infection, surgical methods, different route of medicine administration etc. Pain is a complex, subjective experience that can significantly impact patients quality of life. It is a protective mechanism that alerts us to potential harm or injury, but when it becomes persistent or severe, it can lead to a range of physical and psychological difficulties. The causes and the types of the pain may be different but Ayurveda understands pain originating through vitiated vayu. In Agnikarma, agni is used to eradicate the vitiated vayu and reduce the pain. Hereby learning the technique of evalutating the sthana of vayu which initiates the pain through the procedure of vimlapana, it becomes easy for the doctor to perform the procedure and gift fruitful result in cases of pain without palliative medicines. Agnikarma is described in various references for different actions like sandhana, skandana, dahana, pachana.

Keywords: Pain management, vayu, site / location of Agnikarma, method of Agnikarma.