ETIOLOGY OF TRAUMA: AN AYURVEDIC VIEW
Dr. Nilam P. Rathod* and Dr. Janardan Bhatt
ABSTRACT
Trauma is a physical or emotional injury. A physical trauma caused by an external sources and that has potential to cause traumatic injuries like wound, contusion, prolonged disability or death. Emotional trauma is the result of extraordinarily stressful events that shatter the sense of security, making feel helpless in a dangerous world etc. In Ayurveda treatise, it is described under Abhighaataj vyadhi under the heading of Agantuja Vyadhi. It is both Sharira and Manas Adhishthita Vyadhi. Sushrut has mentioned 7 types of Vyadhi, and under that classification, “Sanghat bala pravrita vyadhi” is mentioned. It is nothing but exogenous vyadhi. It is subdivided into two types, Shashtra krut and Vyaala krita. It may cause blunt and penetrating kind of major trauma and may cause wound and contusion like traumatic injuries. Charak Acharya has mentioned Abhigataj vyadhi under the heading of Karan of Agantuj vyadhi in Maharog Adhyaya of Sutrasthan which are nakha, patan, dashan, pidan, bandhan, veshtana etc. Vagbhatt Acharya has also described under Pidaaja vyadhi. The etiology of Agantuja Shopha, Agantuja Vrana, Kand Bhagna, Sandhi Chyuti, Dagda which is described by Acharya Sushruta can be considered as the etiology of trauma according to Ayurveda. Shoka, krodha, Bhaya, Chinta etc. are the causes of emotional injuries.
Keywords: Trauma, Etiology, Abhighaataj Vyadhi.
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