Abstract

FRACTURE MANAGEMENT IN ITS PIONEER ERA: REVIEW ARTICLE

Reema Sonkar*

Abstract

Ayurveda is a complete science of life, where we get elaborate descriptions about prevention of disease in a healthy individual as well as the management diseases. One of the common problems and challenges to modern world is trauma and the management the skeletal system injuries which occur as the result of trauma in most of cases. Such skeletal injuries are well explained with their classification and treatment in classical Ayurvedic Literature. Such orthopedic conditions are well explained and documented in the literatures of Ayurveda in the name of Bhagna Chikitsa. This paper presents a historic perspective of fracture management in the Ayurveda tradition.

Keywords: Bhagna, Bandhana, Fracture, Skeletal injuries, Sukhchestaprasara.