Abstract

EMERGENCY CARE - AN AYURVEDIC CEREBRATION

Dr. P. L. Alaekhya*

Abstract

Today‟s era is all about emergencies & dealing with the necessary quick actions, equipment & medicines. Medical emergency is the state that needs possible immediate care. These activities may include any procedure, drug administration or surgery. It is a generalized preconceived notion that Ayurveda doesn‟t deal emergency management. Ayurveda, by convention and by contemporary notion, is considered to be a modality apt and helpful for chronic debilities where active management of a clinical condition is not required. At no point of time, in the modern context, it is either perceived or tried for any possibility of its actions upon acute, critical, or life-threatening conditions. But the fact is that Ayurveda has explained the emergencies of all categories. Aatyayika chikitsa is not new to Ayurveda. It covers both treatment and prevention. The traditional texts of Ayurveda have mentioned terms like; Vegavastha, Dhatugata avastha, Upadrava, Asadhya lakshanas, Aagantuja vyadhi, Daruna Vyadhi, Sadyah, Aashu etc. for emergency conditions which need to be cared immediately. But the references are scattered in different texts under different contexts. Even though we have examples of emergency management in Ayurveda the practice is poor either because of non availability of medicines or the exposure to emergencies in curriculum. The literature needs to be elaborated and understood with respect to current scenario.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Emergency, Atyayik avastha, Vegavstha, Darun, Sadya, Aashu.