ROLE OF TEEKSHNA KSHARA BHAVITA, KSHAR SUTRA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FISTULA-IN-ANO

A clinical study has been conducted on 100 patients of fistula-in-ano. The observations were recorded under various parameters. The total of 100 patients have been divided into two groups of control (I) and treated (II) and 50 patients were kept in each group respectively. In I, the Standard Kshara Sutra (Apamarga Kshara + Snuhi Ksheera + Haridra) was applied while in II, the Teekshna Kshara Sutra was applied and the study was carried out on various parameters including unit cutting time in days/cm to assess the exact duration of the treatment. There were maximum 71 patients diagnosed as Parisravi Bhagandara, 11 cases were Shataponak and 18 cases were diagnosed as Ushtragreeva Bhagandara. The maximum 65 parionts were suffering from low-anal fistula, 26 patients with high-anal fistula, 6 patients with subcutaneous and 3 patients with sub-mucous fistulae were reported. The average unit cutting time in control group was found to be 6.6 days/cm., while in treated group the average U.C.T. was just 5.0 days/cm.