REVIEW ON TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF VIPER BITE CASES
Journal Title: Journal of Biological and Scientific Opinion - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
India is having highest snake bite mortality in the world. According to WHO estimates, place the number of bites to be 83,000 per annum with 11,000 deaths. Most of the fatalities are due to the victim not reaching the hospital in time where definite treatment can be administered. Ayurvedic treatments plays a major role in treating these bite cases from years back and these treatment modalities are still having great effect in reducing the death rate due to poisonous bite cases. Kerala is a state with a vast traditional knowledge of Ayurveda and has developed its own identity in the respective field. There were many traditional visha vaidyas in Kerala who handled every poisonous bite cases and given best results. Some part of this knowledge has been written down and made in the form of visha chikitsa books which are useful for current generation to get knowledge of these treatment modalities. This article gives an idea about the traditional management of viper bite cases as mentioned in vishavaidya jyotsnika and vishavaidya sara samuchaya, the two important visha chikitsa books in Kerala.
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Anjali W. G, Sanath Kumar T, Chaitra H
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