A REVIEW ON CONCEPT OF SNAYU DESCRIBED IN AYURVEDA AND MODERN SCIENCE
Dr. Garima Garg*, Dr. Purushottam Das Sharma, Dr. Dinesh Kumar Sharma and Dr. Deepa
ABSTRACT
AcharyaSushruta has one by one defined the anatomical elements like Sira, Dhamani, Marma, Kandara, Snayu etc. in SharirSthana. Snayu is one such shape existing in human body in close relation to Sandhi. It refers to a band of fibres and helps to retain body posture via imparting weight carrying capacity. Few Acharyas of Ayurveda have been described about Snayu but it is not enough to apprehend the anatomy of Snayu in existing standpoint because their whole find out about Snayu was limited. Sushruta compares the function of Snayu with binding plates of boats, which lets in the boat to bear the weight and waft effortlessly in the deep water. In Ayurveda, there is description of few illness in which occurs due to impairment of Snayuand their symptoms are severe pain, stiffness, swelling etc. Now it is requirement of present erato clear the doubt and understand the structure of Snayu.
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