Jaloukavacharan

Sushruta samhita is an authentic science to provide the scope of surgery in Ayurvedic system of medicine. The art of surgery of those days is still appreciable today, because of their spiritual, psychological and philosophical aspects can greatly improve the care and quality of surgical patients. Its logic of decision making, the diagnostic soundness and wealth of various treatment specialties makes the science a compendium of Ayurvedic surgery. It includes a specialized bloodletting method i.e. Raktamokshana with special reference to leech application.