Open AccessA LITERATURE STUDY TO UNDERSTAND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES OF PRE-VENEPUNCTURE SIRAA UTTHAAN IN HEAD –NECK REGION OF PATIENT W.S.R. TO SUSHRUTA SAMHITA
Author(s) -
Khan Rohee Wadoodkhan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international ayurvedic medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5091
DOI - 10.46607/iamj1709022021
Subject(s) - venipuncture , sitting , medicine , head and neck , venous pressure , surgery , position (finance) , head (geology) , vein , anesthesia , hemodynamics , pathology , finance , geomorphology , economics , geology
Position of patient in surgical procedures is an important assisting factor. Position of patient in minor and major surgical procedures are mentioned in Ayurveda as well as modern medical science. One of such po-sition is mentioned in Sushrut Samhita Sharirsthan chapter 8 and Shloka number 8. This reference is about Siravedh/venipuncture procedure. Siravedh is done at Sira or vein. Before this procedure a position is giv-en to patient by Vaidya. Patient is in specific sitting and Vaayu Purna Mukh i.e. air-filled mouth position. This study is about the correlation between specific sitting with Vaayu Purna Mukh and its expected effect on venous pressure in head and neck region. Venous pressure can be explained with the help of modern physiology. Specific sitting posture and Vaayu Purna Mukh can be correlated with forced expiratory effort with closed glottis. Its expected effect on peripheral veins of head and neck can be studied and correlated with Vaayu Purna Mukh position in Uttamaangiya Siravedh procedure or bloodletting or venipuncture procedure at veins of head and neck.