jivaka foot prints of ancient healers of children
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Branches of Ayurveda
1. Kayachikitsa: Internal Medicine2. Shalya Tantra: Surgery3. Shalakya Tantra: E.N.T.4. Striroaga/ Balachikitsa: Obg / Gyn / Paed5. Jarachikitsa / Rasayana Tantra: Geriatrics/ Immunology6. VajikaranaTantra: Eugenics / Aphrodisiacs7. Agadatantra / Damshachikitsa: Toxicology8. Bhutavidya / Grahachikitsa: Psychological Treatments
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Story of Kashyapa Samhita
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Sage Kashyapa observing through his divine eye and with blessings of Brahma created it for the benefit of mankind. Five year old Jivaka, son of Richika, pious and free from darkness, compiled and summarized it. The other Sages did not approve of it as he was only a child. As ordered by the ancient scholars, pious five year old Jivaka immersed himself in the Ganga of Kanakhala (Haridwar)only to emerge with wrinkles and grey hair. Amazed at this supernatural feat, the Sages gave the him the title of Vridda Jivaka.
Observation of Behaviour of the Child
How does the physician get to know the pain of children who cannot describetheir symptoms?
Whether mild or severe is known by mild or severe crying.
Whichever body part hurts – the child touches it and cries if it is touched.
Bites lips and tongue if having dysponea.Closes fists and looks upward when there is
pain in the cardiac region.Cries unnaturally with twisting of mouth if
there is pain all over the body.4
Treatment of Nursing Mother(Mother / Wet Nurse)
Very extensive treatments given by Kashyapa.
Oh, Vridda Jivaka! In this world there are three kinds of prople who have to perform difficult tasks.
1. The physician (paediatrician)2. The wet nurse3. The child
All the three suffer same pains and pleasures.
The physician treating a child is always in trouble as he hasa difficult job despite the use of simple treatment.
The mother / wet nurse suffers as the wellbeing of the soncauses emaciation of her own body. Due to her love shesuffers a great deal. Thus there is a need for continuousauspicious acts. 5
Samskaras (Rites of Passage)Jathakarma- NamakaranaKarnavedhanaParikramana- Annaprashana-ChudanaUpanayana
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Triguna / Tridosha and Samskaras
Inborn physical(Tridosha) & psychological(Triguna) characteristics of the child
Mother and the infant are treated as a single unitThe child interacts at each point of time with a
samskara, social/religious ritual at each phase to enhance appropriate development
Man as a product of the interaction between nature and nurture( the five elements being common to both)
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Disorders of Known Aetiology1. Head ache (Child rolls the
head, closes eyes, moans and becomes dull and sleepless)
2. Ear ache3. Diseases of the mouth4. Pain in the throat / facial
palsy5. Inflammation of epiglottis 6. Diseases of throat7. Inflammation of throat8. Fever9. Diarrhea10. Colic11. Vomiting12. Dyspnoea and hiccough 13. Thirst
14. Flatulence15. Epilepsy and insanity16. Urinary diseases17. Diabetes18. Piles19. Vesicle calculus20. Erysipelas 21. Cholera22. Paralytic ileus23. Dry / wet itching24. Ama (Intestinal disorders) 25. Anemia26. Jaundice27. Wine intoxication28. Coryza /Chest pain infections29. Insect bite (Contd)
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Disorders of Unknown / Supernatural Aetiology Signs, Dreams of Mother / Wet Nurse
1. Skanda Polioencephalitis2. Skanda Pitr Respiratory Infection & Diarrhea 3. Pundarika -----4. Revati Diar. & Dehy. & Anaemia & Vitamin B Complex Deficiency 5. Suskarevati Koch’s Abdomen6. Sakuni Impetigo7. Mukhamandika Indian Childhood Cirrhosis8. Andhaputana Diar. & Dehy. & Vitamin A Deficiency9. Sitaputana Diar. & Dehy. & Hypocalcaemia 10. Kataputana -----11. Putana Diar. & Dehy. & Hypocalcaemia 12. Naigmesa Meningitis
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Graharoga
Kashyapa samhita or Vriddhajivakia TantraBetween 5th and 12th CenturiesEnglish Translation PV Tewari 2002Out of the original 200 chapters, only 19 complete
chapters are available at present(690 pages)rest are missing either at the beginning, the middle or the end.
This treatise is supposed to be the preaching of Lord Kashyapa and his disciple Vriddha Jivaka, the scribe.
With the lapse of time it was lost & was resurrected by Vatsya who received it from a Yaksha named Anayasa
The only copy was re-discovered in the present form in 1938 by Rajaguru Sharma in Nepal.
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