Review on contra-indicated veins for vein puncture (avedhya sira) in ayurveda

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Ayurveda is the science of healthy life. in Ayurveda texts there are brief description of body & it’s Anatomical structures . in that order acharya Sushruta has described the Sira in sharir sthana chapter seven. Charaka has defined the Sira as”Sarnat sira “in Sutra sthan chapter thirty. Sushruta has mentioned four type of Sira –Aruna , Neela, Sweta , Lohita .these are relevant respectively with the
Dosha Vatta, Pitta , Kapha Rrakta. We can regard “neela sira” as the veins which collect impure blood from all over the body towards the Heart .the blood flow in these Sira by slow velocity is called Saran kriya. These Sira are basically of two type –one of them can be punctured for curing the disease are called Vedhya siras , 602 in number. another type of Siras are Avedhya siras , 98 in number, which are strictly prohibited for puncturing , if by mistake or by stupidity of the Chikitsak these are punctured the it leads to harmful results. There are several examples of disease those are cured by that Venue-pucture or Sira Vedhan process like Gradharasi, Vishvachi, Unmad , Apasmar etc. In this paper Avedhya Sira are very well discussed W.S.R. to the anatomical stuctures involved in modern medical science . these are divided in three regions Shakhagat-16, Kosthgat-32, and Urdhavjatrugat-50.