Volume 5 Issue 3 July - Sept. 2022
Review Articles
CLINICAL UNDERSTANDING FOR CONCEPTS OF VEDANA ADHYAYA OF KASHYAPA SAMHITA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NEONATAL AND INFANTILE EXAMINATION
Lovelesh Gupta, Karan Chugh, Shrinidhi Kumar K.
Kashyapa Samhita is the most authentic book of Kaumarbhritya, which explains the different facets of child hood in detail including the physiology, pathology and management of the childhood disorders. It is quite unfortunate that many of the important information have been missed due to loss of the book from time to time. Presently available Kashyapa Samhita, although not complete, some of the remaining portions of the book provide a very unique way of dealing with childhood problems and one among such vital information’s available in the form of Vedana Adhyaya. Vedana Adhyaya is very unique chapter, which explains method of assessment of the different problems of the newborn or the infant which does not able to express the sufferings of disease. This provides an information guide for the physician to help in early and accurate diagnosis. Vedana Adhayay is explained in Sutra Sthana of the Kashyapa Samhita, and it explains presentations of the child in common neonatal problems like pain, diarrhoea, constipation, ear pain, eye disorders, infectious disorders etc.
