The Places of Expounding Chapters in Charaka Samhita Medical Geography in Charaka Samhita -2
History of Medical Tourism, Health and Wellness Tourism in Kushana Period (185-73 BCE) -17
History of Medical Tourism, Health and Wellness Tourism in India, South Asia- 108
(With Special mentions of History of Medicines in India)
By:
Bhishma Kukreti (Medical Tourism Historian)
Charaka Samhita if the first Treatise in the world that dealt with Medical geography first time in the world and not Hippocrates as cited by many medical geography scholars as Meade and Emich (1).
The Medical experts have to visit places for studying various geographical facts in context with medical factors for medical geography. Visit by medical experts to various places is part and partial of medical tourism as cited in chapter 100 of this series.
Melinda and Emich divided Medical Geography from point of views from into following systems (2) –
Geology Geothermology
Pedology
Hydrology
Climatology
Biology
Land Use
Economics
Transportation
Politics
Sociology
Anthropology
Behavioral Geography
History
There are mentions of Deshas (places in Charaka Samhita and those are related with Medical geography of India (3)
Places of Expounding of Chapters in Charaka Samhita
Medical Education is important aspect of medical tourism. There are mentions of places of expounding chapters in Charaka Samhita. That explains the tour and educating disciples by the Medical Science Teacher. Charaka Samhita mentions the places of expounding of chapters of the treatise as follows (3)
The chapter Janapadodhwamsa Vimana Addhyaya (Chapter on Epidemics) of Charaka Samhita was explained by Guru to his disciple in the city of Kampilya at Ganga bank a province of Panchala region (4)
The Chapter on Raktpita (Bleeding Disorders) of Charaka Samhita was explicated by Guru to disciple in Panchagnga (5).Panchgnga is today’s West Punjab in India as well East Punjab in Pakistan.
The Chapters on Udara Chikitsa (acitis) and Visarpa Chikitsa (herpes) were explained in Mountain Kailasa , (Uttarakhand) 6,7) .
The chapter Atreya Bhadrakapeeya was debated in Chaitraratha(
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The Chapters of Yonivyapath (9)(Gynecological disorders) and Bastisutriya chapter were discussed in the region of Himalaya Mountain (10).
It is to be noted that mostly the place of expounding the subject of diseases were chosen where the people are more prone to disease as Panchagnga or Punjab was more prone to Bleeding disorder (2)
The above citation from Charaka Samhita indicate that mostly Medical Guru were visiting various places rather patients coming to the learned medical experts.
References –
1-Meade, Melinda S., Michael Emich, (2010) The Guilford Press, NY, MEDICAL GEIGRAPHY (Third edition) Page -2
2-Meade, Melinda S., Michael Emich, (2010) The Guilford Press, NY, MEDICAL GEIGRAPHY (Third edi.) Page 3
3-R.Bhavna , Shreevathsa (2014) 'Medical Geography in Charaka Samhita ' Ayu 2014 Octo-Dece.35(4) p371-377
4- Agnivesha , Charaka , Dridhabala , Charaka Samhita ,Vimana Sthana ,Janpadodhwamsavimana In 3:3
5- Ibidem , Charaka Samhita , Chikitsa Sthana , Raktpita Chikitsa 4/3;438
6- Ibidem , Charaka Samhita , Chikitsa Sthana , Udara Chikitsa 13/3;491
7- Ibidem , Charaka Samhita , Chikitsa Sthana , Visarpa Chikitsa 21/3;559
8- Ibidem , Charaka Samhita , Sutra Sthana , Atreya Bhadrakapeeya Adhyaya 26/3;135
9- Ibidem , Charaka Samhita , Chikit Sthana , Yoniyapath Chikitsa 30/3; 631
10- Ibidem , Charaka Samhita , Siddhi Sthana , Bastisutriya Chikitsa 3/369
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