Abstract

AN INTRODUCTION TO CONCEPTS AND DIAGNOSIS OF PRANASHTA SHALYA- A REVIEW ARTICLE

Vishnu Raj M.* and Shailaja S. V.

Abstract

Shalya is a main threat that disturb the comfort (sukha) of a person that eventually leads to various diseases or death. Pranashtashalya comprises of two words pranashta and shalya. Pranashtashalya in the sense denotes non procurable foreign particles lost in body. Acharya Susrutha mentioned about this in twenty sixth chapter of Susrutha Samhita sootra stana which is considered as one of the pillar stones of shalya tantra. Acharya Susruta managed to trace out, remove or manage the foreign particles lost in the body from signs and symptoms exhibited by the subject and also using the diagnostic techniques designed by him. Some of the techniques that were used those days are now also practiced.

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