DEPARTMENT OF KAUMAR BHRITYA

The department of Kaumarabritya seeks to improve the health of children through excellence in the care of children and families. This branch has various specialities for new born, for growing children from Diagnostic, treatment point of view to dietary and behavioural guidelines, to maintain healthy status of child, this branch helps from every point of view for the wellbeing of the child. In Ayurvedic texts 'Kaumar' 18 018 word means a child 0 up to the age of 16, and 'Bhritya' means child care. So the subject 'Kaumar Bhritya' deals with the child care both preventive as well as curative. Our Acharyas believed that care given during this age group is the back bone of their whole life that is why the facts and Clinical knowledge contained in those texts is gaining popularity day by day.