A Review on Leech Therapy (Jalauka Avacharan)

Author(s)	Dr. Atul Sudhakar Mankar, Dr. Ankita Baban Salunke, Dr. Dipti Atul Mankar, Dr. Priyanka Dhanorkar
Country	India
Abstract	Ayurveda speaks about many modes of healing art, even surgery and Para-surgical techniques. Among the Para-surgical measures, Raktamokshana or bloodletting enjoys a pride of place from the dawn of medical history.Raktamokshana is a technical term employed to denote a Para-surgical procedure to expel out the vitiated blood from selected areas of the body, by specific methods, types of Jalauka, their habitat etc. has been described first time in detailed in this chapter. Sushruta Samhita, the oldest available manual on surgery has devoted an entire chapter for the description of Jalauka, and a chapter on Jalaukavacharaniya for the purpose of bloodletting. Sushruta has dealt in clear detail with Raktamokshana and its type. He described special chapter only for Jalaukavacharana
Keywords	Keywords-Para-surgical techniques, Raktamokshana, Jalaukavacharana
Field	Medical / Pharmacy
Published In	Volume 6, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On	2025-11-18
DOI	https://doi.org/10.63363/aijfr.2025.v06i06.2051
Short DOI	https://doi.org/hbbz75

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