While the leech therapy is gaining popularity at the BHU, the Kshar Sutra therapy (an ayurvedic therapy for correcting ano-rectal ailments involving threads made of alkaline extracts of medicinal plant) is also gaining ground at the varsity. The success of the therapy led to the establishment of a national resource centre for Kshar Sutra at the faculty of ayurveda, BHU.
The therapy is also witnessing a steady support of patients suffering from painful and chronic ano-rectal ailments like piles.
"We are improving the infrastructural facilities at the centre and soon it would begin conducting research activities and offering patient-care and support services to make Kshar Sutra therapy more popular in the country," said M Sahu, coordinator, national resource centre for Kshar Sutra, BHU. The growing number of patients visiting the OPD and requesting for the therapy to get rid of painful ano-rectal ailments testifies people's faith in traditional medicine system, he added.
It may be mentioned here that the therapy besides effectively treating ano-rectal ailments has also been found effective in the treatment of chronic wounds that need surgery. The technique not only reduces pain and bleeding during the surgery, but the healing properties of thread prepared from alkaline extracts of aparmarga (a medicinal plant) also enables speedy healing and recuperation from the painful conditions.
Source:TNN
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