ABSTRACT
In Unani system of medicine, treatment of a patient is performed by administering medicines [Ilaj bil-Dawa], by adopting suitable technique of interference in six-essentials of life [Regimental therapy] and by using manual art and surgical instruments [Ilaj bil-Yad/Ilaj bil-Hadid]. Since ancient time Ilaj bil-Yad consists of treatment of fractured bones, reduction of dislocated bones, incision of body tissues, amputation and excision of diseased body parts, cauterization of diseased body parts and stitching of incised and damaged tissues. In Arabic literature, Ilaj bil-Yad is also termed as Ilaj bil-Hadid [treatment by surgical instrument] or Sana'at ul-Yad [Manual Art or Operative Procedure]. Cauterization is reckoned in the category of manual treatment and it is performed either by fire [Hot metal] or by strong corrosive medicine. Now it is being realized that if cauterization is performed/applied as a common surgical procedure in the contemporary medical practise, it may provide successful treatment for a large number of diseases