Arogya Raksa Kalpadrumah : Kerala\'s Tradition of Ayurvedic Pediatric Care
Contents: 1. Care of new born child. 2. Care of fifteen days old child. 3. Treatment of fevers. 4. Treatment of bleeding diseases. 5. Treatment of cough. 6. Treatment of asthma and hiccup. 7. Treatment of tuberculosis. 8. Treatment of hemorrhoids and diarrhoea. 9. Treatment of sprue/duodenal disorders. 10. Treatment of worm infestation. 11. Treatment of urinary retention. 12. Treatment of abscess. 13. Treatment of scrotal enlargement, abdominal swelling, gastic pain, ascitis. 14. Treatment of anaemia. 15. Treatment of edematous swelling. 16. Pathogenesis of cutaneous diseases. 17. Treatment of vata visarpa. 18. Treatment of pitta visarpa. 19. Treatment of kapha visarpa. 20. Treatment of vata pitta visarpa. 21. Treatment of visarpa in general. 22. Diagnosis and treatment of variola. 23. Treatment of skin diseases. 24. Treatment of vata rogas. 25. Diagnosis and treatment of raktastambha (vata sonita) and raktanavastha.
"Arogya Raksa Kalpadrumah, is a laudable literary sources on specialty Ayurvedic Pediatric Care of Kerala terrain. Sri Kaikkulangara Rama Warrier, one of the illustrations astute of ancient Kerala, is considered as the author of this treasured literature. This literary work contains exceptional information regarding various diseases pathogenesis and its management, with reference to pediatric age group, which is not seen any of the other Ayurvedic literary works.
A sumptuous explanation of 51 type of visarpa (inflammatory skin diseases) etiology, pathogenesis and its management is explicatively explained in this book is its outstanding feature. Apart from this topic, various other disease pathogenesis and its management, such as Rakta Stambha, Kundalaka, Sakha Roga, Nabhi Roga etc. are explained in this work. This is another special feature not seen in any of the other Ayurvedic literary works present today. Another topic of special citation is that, is the lucid explanation on immunomodulatory methods followed in children, is explained under the topic as Prakaradi Yoga, is a specially of this book. Aside from all the above, Arogya Raksa Kalpadruma explains the innards of all the eight specially divisions of Ayurveda.
On rummaging the Heirloom of Kerala's splendid Ayurvedic Pediatric Health care treasures, one can find, Arogya Raksa Kalpadruma, is the bible of the ancient Ayurvedic Pediatric Health Care wisdom of Kerala." (jacket)
