MD in Ayurveda (Kaumarabhritya) - Course, Fees, Eligibility, Top Colleges, Top Careers

Deals with "Bharana of kumara" which means nourishing, supporting, maintaining, etc of children. It also deals with the topics of wet- nurse, disorders of breast milk and its treatment, diseases in children caused by consumption of vitiated breast milk, and by the affliction of grahas along with their treatment. It also deals with the postnatal care of the mother. The discipline of Kaumarabhritya finds a parallel in the modern discipline of pediatrics. Ayurveda offers special treatment modalities for the postnatal care of the mother. Pediatrics deals with the care of the newborn as well as diseases affecting children. Traditions of Ayurvedic pediatrics are still alive in India. In ancient times, Ayurvedic pediatrics was a separate school of medicine, although it was not as prominent as the schools of medicine and surgery. The Kashyapa Samhita is a classical text on Paediatrics which has been preserved in a mutilated form and is more than 2000 years old.