Sushruta practiced surgery.
Ayurveda and Surgery 🙏
🌅History of surgery in Ayurveda.
In Sushruta Samhita written by Sushruta(~600 BCE),detailed explanations of surgical instruments, different types of incisions, different suturing and bandaging techniques, fracture
reductions, techniques of foreign body
Sushruta practiced surgery.
surgical technique of cataract extraction using a sharply pointed
instrument. This is one of the earliest documented surgical
approaches to treat cataract. Sushruta’s technique of reconstruction surgery was in use among Vaidyas even during the
A case report of a Vaidya using forehead flap to reconstruct the nose was published as a letter to the editor in the Gentleman’s Magazine in 1794. This in fact made western world aware of this technique.
While practice of Ayurveda medicine continued uninterruptedly, the surgical practice came to a standstill due to multitude of
reasons including the advent of Buddhist philosophy and social
prejudice against surgery.
Ayurvedic surgery started
around two decades before the CCIM came into existence in 1971.
The contribution of Banaras Hindu University in this process of revival is significant.
and Ayurveda are taught under the common roof of Institute of
Medical Sciences. The leaders who played a major role in giving
shape to this kind of a unique institute were the products of earlier Ayurveda College that awarded AMS
Medicine and Surgery) degrees in BHU. Two such pioneers, Prof.
KN Udupa and Prof. PJ Deshpande though were basically from the
stream of Ayurveda, got their training in surgery from the University of Michigan, USA and Vienna Academy of Medicine, Austria.
made many Ayurveda Vaidyas learn modern surgery under the
direct supervision and training of these professors
However, based on their
exposure, the skills these surgeons possess might be limited to
certain types of procedures, ano-rectal procedures being the most common ones. Similarly, there are skilled ophthalmologists and
ENT specialists in Ayurveda,
cases. Hence, the limitation imposed by the extent of clinical
exposure they received during their training is one of the major
factors that determines what they actually practice.
not perform any surgeries at all. They do not perform even
comparatively simpler procedures such as septoplasty or cataract
surgeries. Instead, they target only such clinical conditions that do
not require surgical
many Shalya practitioners
practice clinical medicine instead of surgery because the cases they opt to treat are of different category. Many times
they restrict themselves to chronic wounds, wart excision, drainage
of abscesses and other minor surgical procedures.
The development of seton therapy to treat ano-rectal fistula took place in BHU after taking cues from Sushruta Samhita. Good observational studies with large number of cases
were reported in
recognised by modern day surgeons and is included in standard western textbooks of surgery. This achievement was possible only
because these Vaidyas had access to patients.
another popular intervention being practised by many surgeons
also can be
Where is the actual problem?
A majority of students see Ayurveda programs as a backdoor entry to practice western medicine/surgery. They join these colleges because they were unable to get into MBBS programs. Many times students join BAMS after spending 3-4
Loopholes in the system have allowed the establishment of substandard colleges in large numbers.Out of 400 and odd colleges that are functional at present,about 250 were established during last 20 years.
Such institutions thrive because of fake patient records and ghost teachers that are shown to the inspecting CCIM committees. In most of the Ayurveda colleges, students do not get
exposed to a variety of cases.
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