04/02/2017
AGNIKARMA – Pain Management in Ayurveda
Agnikarma is described in Indian system of Medicine – Ayurveda – as a pain management treatment. Its importance lies in its action, because of its ability to cure those diseases also, which can’t be cured by the bheshaja, shastra and ksharakarma. Any procedure that involves the Agni directly or indirectly is considered under Agnikarma.It is also known by different names like dahanakarma, dahakarma, dagdhakarma, jalanakarma and pachanakarma, finds its role in the vataja and kaphaja vyadhi involving the dhatu that are predominant with pruthvi and aap mahabhutha. Agnikarma can be utilised – As preventive measure, as curative measure, as postoperative procedure, and as haemostatic measure.
Importance of Agnikarma:
Agnikarma does not allow the diseases to reoccur, once they are treated by it. Agnikarma is superior to kshara by means of its action. Agnikarma is always utilised as the ultimate measure among the yantra, shastra, anushastra, kshara etc., Agnikarma is the ultimate measure for the haemostasis among the four raktasthambhana measures.
Indication of AngiKarma:
All kind of Acute and chronic muscular and joint disorders like
• Arthritic Pain,
• Knee joint Pain,
• Back Pain,
• Neck Pain,
• Ligament Pain,
• Sciatica,
• Disc Prolapse,
• Tennis Elbow,
• Frozen Shoulder,
• Pain at Heels etc.
Benefits of Agnikarma :
• Agnikarma is very much fast effective treatment for pain management.
• Agnikarma is a treatment without side effects to treat the pain all over the world.
• Agnikarma is well tolerated by patients.
Agnikarma may work on following principles:
• Ayurvedic principles state that being ushna treatment acts against the qualities of vata and kapha doshas and hence cures all the vataja and kaphaj disorders.
• According to scientist, in the heat burns places the local tissue metabolism improves, thus various metabolic and rejuvenating changes takes places at the site of heat burns, thus it leads to increased demand of oxygen and nutrient of the tissues at the site of heat burn.It also excretes the unwanted metabolites and toxins.
• Due to increased local metabolism, the waste products (metabolites) which are produced gets execrated, which normalize the blood circulation thus resulting in reduction in intensity of pain.
• Rise in temperature induces relaxation of muscles & hence muscles spasm with inflammation and pain gets reduced.
• Pain is caused anywhere in the body is due to vata, Agni karma being ushna chikitsa pacifies vata, and thus the pain is relieved immediately after Agnikarma.
Precaution:
Agni, visha, shastra, kshara are dreadful when they are in unskillful hands. Hence should be used with great care and skill.
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