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Properties
of Ksara | Post -
Ksara treatment
Qualities
of Ksara
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Ksara Karma is one of the most important para-surgical
procedures. The word kshar means concentrated or strong salts and
alkalis made mainly out of herbs. Sometimes even minerals are used to prepare a
kshar.
When applied locally, kshar is capable of carrying out the function of incision, excision, and scraping hence the
name. Kshar
karma is tridoshashamak it subdues all the three vitiated Doshas.
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Importance of caustics
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Ksara means
- to dislodge;
- to melt away;
- to kill and
- to destroy.
They are called ksaras as they are capable of melting away or destroying (the lesion).
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Types of Ksaras
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- For external application (pratisaraniya)
- For internal administration (panya).
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Treatment
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The alkalis for internal administration are used for the treatment of
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- gara (poisons),
- abdominal swellings and other disorders,
- dyspepsia,
- indigestion,
- loss of appetite,
- constipation,
- urinary gravel and stones,
- deep seated abscesses,
- worms,
- poisons and
- piles.
Those who should not be subjected to caustic treatment are as
follows :
- the weak,
- the very young
- the very old,
- the timid and those suffering from
- general Anasarca,
- abdominal disease,
- hemorrhoid diseases,
- the pregnant,
- menstruating women,
- those having hyper pyrexia or
- urinary abnormalities,
- the dehydrated,
- the cachetic due to chest lesions,
- the thirsty,
- those having downwards or upwards displacement of the ovaries and the uterus.
The ksara treatment is not effective even in those diseases, which are curable by caustic treatment, if they are complicated by
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- edema,
- pain in the bones,
- aversion to food, pain in the precordial region and in the joints.
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Stages of Surgery
