AGNIKARMA- A Reference Manual for Ayurvedic Physicians- Information Directly Extracted from Approximately Three Thousand Year Old Literature.

Abstract

Agnikarma is a time-tested Ancient Treatment modality, practiced in India for more than three thousand years. The procedure primarily involves a topical application of controlled heated rod of specific qualities to treat various kind of diseases and or disorders. However, this technique involves a paradigm shift to understand the process protocols and mechanisms. Without a grasp of its fundamentals, practice in modern labs and clinics is impossible. Though we present here a practice that has been so far limited to only Ayurvedic Physicians, the authors offer this paper without changing the meanings via specific word to word translations into modern language, with the intention that the dimensions of the ancient approach are retained without defragmentation. The authors present this paper to encourage modern scientists and doctors to further explore this ancient paradigm.  A glossary is provided at the end of this paper for reference.