title: Description of coma and coma arousal therapy inCaraka Saṁhitāand its corollary in modern medicine.
abstract: The description of coma and coma arousal therapy in Caraka Saṁhitā is described in sṁtra 24, verses 42-53. It describes the definition of coma, differential diagnosis of coma from other disorders of consciousness, signs of coma, etiology of coma, coma arousal therapy, and emergence from coma. The similarities and differences of these aspects of coma from the perspective of its interpretation in modern medicine are discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Dhaval
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shukla
mesh_terms: D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic / Q000379:methods*