India Flashcards
Great periods of Ayurvedic medicine
1) Vedic (-800 BCE)
2) Brahmanix (800 BCE - 1000 CE)
3) Mongol / Delhi Sultanate (1000 CE - )
Who was the first great Hindu Physician during the Vedic period?
Charaka
What were the empirico-rational elements evident during the Vedic period?
1) surgery
2) drugs
3) hygiene
Another term for fever
takman
According to the HUMORAL THEORY, the imbalance of the primary constituent elements of the body are caused by:
PAHOCK
Poison Accident Heredity Over-eating Climate Karma
How did people during the Vedic and Brahmanic Period diagnose illnesses?
Through PATIS
1) palpitation
2) auscultation
3) taste
4) inspection
5) smell
Kinds of operations done during Vedic Period
- REPAIR OF ANAL FISTULA
- HERNIA
- lithotomy
- tonsillectomy
- extraction of fetus
- amputations
- excision of tumors
What is rhinoplasty?
nose amputations as punishment for adultery as prescribed from the Law of Manu / Manu Smrti
What else did the Law of Manu prescribe?
DAR
1) diet
2) ablutions
3) removal of excreta
Which period is characterized by good medical education and presence of fine hospitals?
Brahmanic Period
This Brahmanic physician prescribed 100+ surgical instruments and listed 760 medical plants; contained the relation between rats and plague, and mosquito and malaria
Susruta
What is Phthisis?
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
What are the advancements in pharmacipoeia during the Brahmanic period?
1) Cannabis sativa / marijuana
2) Datura and Hyocamus / henbane for anesthesia
3) Rauwolfa serpentina (source of tranquilizer)
4) anti- venoms & poison antidotes
During the Brahmanic period, Hindus believed that the body contains three elementary substances which are microscopic representatives of three divine universal forces. What are they?
1) spirit/air
2) phlegm
3) bile
*health was said to be dependent on the balance of these three
What are the seven primary constituents of the body?
1) blood
2) flesh
3) fat
4) bone
5) marrow
6) chyle
7) semen
