cataract = lingnash??

[Guest guest]

Dear

You seem to have some biased and incorrect views about the BAMS course conducted

uniformly all over India and exhibit more preference for traditional vaidyas.

However, you may not be knowing that the BAMS syllabus includes all the original

texts of Ayurveda from where the traditional vaidyas source their treatments.

Besides the students of BAMS also get to observe and work with experienced

opthalmologists too. Your statement that " a fresh-faced BAMS candidate has

little experience, let alone clinical experience " , echoes ill about the

graduates. Would you say the same about modern medicine freshers? More-over, the

BAMS graduates are doctors and not candidates of some private affiliated

institutions doing a short-cut course of Ayurveda. It would be nice if you would

correct your views about BAMS degree after proper enquiry.

I still repeat that Lingnash is to be equated with cataract because of the

similarity in symptoms mentioned in the samhitas and not because I say it. The

pittavidagdha drushti and kapha-vidagdha drushti has symptoms which signify the

involvement of retina and hence cannot be grouped as lingnash.Sushrut has

clearly mentioned that these are the six types of lingnash and the other six

diseases which reside in the drushti will be told further - " Shad Lingnash

Shadime Cha Roga Drushtyaashrayaa Shat Cha Shadeva Vachya " .(Sushrut Samhita

Uttartantra 7). The references to Pittavidagdha drushti and others follows after

this sutra.

 

And yes, precision with terminology will always remain a hallmark of a good

medical practitioner, whether it relates to diagnosis or treatment.

 

For Ayurveda

 

Dr. D.B.Muzumdar

Ayurveda Consultant

M.D.Ayurveda-Medicine

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............. fresh-faced BAMS candidate who has

very little life experience, let alone clinical

experience.....................Precision with

regard to terminology seems to be important to you.........do you think it is

correct to equate linganash

only with cataract?

[Guest guest]

A different example but one that we were discussing here today is of the

Nursing Grad straight from Uni. - sure they have some clinical experience -

but the attitude is so different - from the nurses who trained in the

hospitals - the young medical graduates, the nurse graduate - how can they

compare to the Vaidya of medicine - the old family doctor who knew the

patient from birth - not the same I realise but a similar situation - the

young doctors ask the experienced nurses - especially in places like the

high tech ICUs how to do things - they have to - thats how they really

learn - I know you cannot compare allopathy in any of its presentations to

the Vaidya of Ayurveda - but ancient ways seem preferable at the moment - in

attitude if nothing else - to the fresh faced grad - don't you think?

 

Best,

 

Jane

 

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Besides the students of BAMS

also get to observe and work with experienced opthalmologists too. Your

statement that " a fresh-faced BAMS candidate has little experience, let

alone clinical experience " , echoes ill about the graduates. Would you say

the same about modern medicine freshers?