Abstract

SYNCHRONIZED CHANGES IN NEONATAL ANATOMY

Dr. Puja Gupta*

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Abstract

The body proportions of the newborn child differ markedly from the form of the adult. Some of its organs and structures are well developed and even of full adult size (e.g. the internal ear) while others have yet to develop (e.g. corticospinal tracts to become myelinated, teeth to erupt, secondary sex characters to appear). The neonatal period extends from birth through the first month of life. During this time, the newborn undergoes physiological and anatomical changes as it adapts to his or her new environment. Importance of Shareera i.e. anatomy is utmost important for a physician for differentiating abnormal from normal. As child grows there are numerous changes in their anatomy. Ayurveda gives vision about neonatal anatomy in various concepts but direct visualization is missing due to destruction of great libraries like Nalanda etc. by foreign invaders. Whatever left is in tit –bits? Great pediatric work of ancient time that is Kashyapa Samhita is found incomplete which leads to blank in anatomical knowledge. So, help of contemporary science is needed as our seers have also told to take knowledge from whatever source we can get. In this paper a critical study of neonatal anatomy has been done on the basis of contemporary science because in our classics there are no direct references of neonatal anatomy. Study of synchronized neonatal anatomy provides a vision for various Sanskara and Paricharyas described in Samhitas proving the great and elaborate knowledge neonatal anatomy in classics, which is also the need of time to be restored for better use of timeless Ayurvedic knowledge.

Keywords: Neonatal Anatomy, Kashyap Samhita.