REVIEW ON VARIOUS MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR THE PREPARATION OF KSHARSUTRA: A PHARMACOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND ITS ADVANTAGES OVER TRADITIONAL ARK-SNUHI-APAMARGA KSHARSUTRA
Ayush Kumar Garg*, Harish Vishnoi, Amit Singh, Gulab Chand Meena, Chandan Singh, Manoj Adlakha, Ritu Kapoor and Preeti Chouhan
ABSTRACT
It is quite common for a patient to seek treatment of this disease through surgical intervention because this is only alternative known to the modern medical practitioners and the public in general. In modern surgery the only form of treatment of anal disorders that affords any reliable prospect of cure is operation. The operative treatment of anal diseases is often far from simple and calls for caution and boldness based on wide experience of the disease in its various patterns and confident appreciation of anal anatomy. Kshara Sutra refers to corrosive or caustic thread. Kshara is considered superior to all surgical and Para surgical measures, because they perform the work of incision, puncture, and scarification to relieve derangements of the Tridosha and uniformly affect the diseased part to which they are applied. In few cases, the intensity is so severe that the patients discontinue the therapy. To overcome these problems, several researches have been carried out. The researchers are based on searching for the drugs having better actions and acceptability than that of Snuhi latex and Apamarga kshara. These drugs should be having binding property on thread, easy availability in bulk, less irritant (sheeta veerya), having vranashodhak and vrana ropaka properties, having anti-septic and anti- inflammatory activities, and additional beneficial action. Thus, a study was attempted to review the published articles for the materials used in different Ksharsutra preparations.
Keywords: Chitrak, Udumbar, Guggulu, Haridra, Traditional Kshara Sutra, Ark Snuhi Apamarga Kshar.
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