Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access

Abstract

Role of Ayurveda in Emergency Treatment

Nishant Shukla

It is believed that emergency treatment in ayurveda is not present and in emergency one need to take only allopathic medicines, and ayurveda has limited role to play in chronic ailments only. This belief in society and ayurvedic physicians has arrested development of ayurveda, and limiting its role as adjuvant therapy. Ayurveda to become main line of medicine needs to have emergency management. The emergency management was described in ayurveda, which needs only enlightenment.

In this paper an attempt has been made to understand ayurvedic basics of emergency management. It includes understanding emergency condition according to ayurveda and management accordingly. It is important to note that mild to moderate emergency can very well be managed according to ayurveda.

The concept of emergency, management, etc. is discussed in full paper.