ROLE OF AGNIKARMA IN VATAKANTAKA
*Dr. Pranamya Rohidas Sonawane, Dr. Prerana Santosh Bandekar and Dr. Manoj Patil
ABSTRACT
Acharya Sushruta is known as the father of Surgery has described various surgical as well as para surgical procedures. Agnikarma is one of the para surgical procedure described. Agni-Karma that is agni is been used for the karma. In Agnikarma therapeutic burning is done with special instruments like shalakas etc. In Sushruta samhita agnikarma treated diseases has special place as it has never shown any recurrence making it more better measure as compared to other measures. In modern science Agnikarma is used under the name of cauterization or therapeutics burn.
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