Effect of Agnikarma in the Management of Kadar [Recurring Corn] - A Single Case Study

Abstract

Agnikarma in Ayurveda refers to treatment or management of a disease or affected part by application of heat. Precisely Agni refers to fire, but here in this karma, fire is used to heat the instrument and that heated instrument comes in contact with the body, so the name. Kadar (corn) is the hard, thickened skin of the sole or precisely hyperkeratosis of a part of the sole which has undergone constant pressure or repeated minor trauma continuously at the same place.