DETAILED DESCRIPTION ABOUT RAKTAMOKSHANA
Abstract
Raktamokshana is the important and prime process of blood detoxification. It is derived from two words i.e.; ‘Rakta’ which means blood & ‘Mokshana’ which means leave. So the meaning of Raktamokshana is to let the blood out. The blood is expelled out from the body to reduce the quantity of toxic substances in the blood borne diseases (raktaja vikara). The process of raktamokshana can be traced back to the Vedic period only and not beyond that. In the koushika sutra of atharvaveda, refrence of raktamokshana by leech application are available. Sushruta, Father of Indian Surgery, has given all the information regarding bloodletting in detail in his treatise, "Sushruta Samhita". To expel out the vitiated blood, seven procedures are advocated Venesection (Sira Vedhan), horn application (Sringa Avacharana), gourd application (Alabu Aavacharana), leech application (Jalauka Avacharana), scrapping (Pracchanna Karma). Bloodletting as a method of treatment is indicated in goutyarthritis, filariasis, herpes, tumors, various skin disorders, genital infections, abscess, inflammatory condition, cellulitis, painful ulcers, and chronic ulcers resulting from snake bite. Raktamokshana is the one of the principle Shodhana therapies in Ayurveda. It widely been practised in the various clinical settings depending on the training and exposures of the physician. With renewed interest in the parasurgical procedure in the recent times raktamokshana has gained foremost appraisal to attempt treatment to disease of various categories. Raktamokshana is indicated as a therapy of choice in many diseases, formally being indicated in rakta and pitta related morbidities. Moreover the scope of this therapy is further extended to disease that is found to be refractory to conventional sheeta- Ushna rooksha kind of treatment. The final attribute of raktamokshana can be considered on its tremendous prophylactic potential to do away certain disease.
Keyword- Raktamokshana, Bloodletting, leech, Jalauka Avacharana, Sringa Avacharana, Scrapping, Alabu
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