Raktamokshan Thepary
About Raktamokshana {Leech Therapy}
The word Mokshana is derived from the root ‘moksha’ which means ‘to relieve’ or ‘to let out.
It is an effective blood purification therapy, in which carefully controlled removal of small quantities of blood is regulate to counteract accumulated Pitta toxins of many blood-borne disorders.
The vitiated blood should be expelled out from the body to reduce the number of toxic substances or else it leads to assorted blood-borne disorders.
Excess toxicity of rakta and pitta has occurred so much so that it cannot be cured by herbs or any other procedure so Raktamokshana comes to the rescue.
This is because it decreases the quantum of enhanced Pitta and Dosha and thus the diseases caused by pitta are also relieved.
It is the therapy of cleansing blood and purification of blood and it is used to cure diseases that are caused due to impure blood.
It helps to relieve pigmentation, atopic dermatitis, pain, tonsillitis, sciatica, abscess, pericarditis, gouty arthritis etc.
