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Rashmi Tiwari* and Sunita Temhuna

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The science of ayurveda is well recognized system of medicine, which have unique specility in field of Shalya Tantra. Sushruta samhita is the earliest known authorities treatise on Ayurveda. Sushruta Samhita is most ancient document on branch of Shalya Tantra not merely in india but also of whole world. The concept of Ayurveda Shareer evolved 3000yrs ago. Acharya Sushruta contribution to ayurveda is most valuable. He has described different parts of body in view of medico- surgical importance. The knowledge of Sirasharira is of utmost importance in Shalyatantra as Chikitsa in Basti in Kayachikitsa, knowledge of Siras requires prime importance. It can besaid that half or an entire Salyatantra is equivalent to “Siravyadha” alone i.e. a number of diseases are likely to be cured only through this simplest technique. A proper nomenclature of Vedhya and Avedhya Sira in accordance with the contemporary science is of utmost significance in the practice of Ayurvedic medicine. According to Acharya Sushruta sira are seven hundred in no by these entire body is nourished constantly, kept lubricate, moistened to perform action such as flexion; contraction. Mula sira or Principle sira are forty of these ten carry, ten carry pitta, ten carry kapha, and ten carry rakta. Siravedh is one of the Para surgical procedures denoting letting of blood outside the body. Different modalities of Raktamokshan are adopted according to dosha avastha and dhatu avastha. Siravedhana is a very important Ayurvedic therapeutic procedure for various diseases involving Rakta and Pitta Dushti but in present era it is not commonly practiced because the anatomical structure of the Sira for Vedhana is conspicuous. Siravedhana procedure is very elaborately defined in Sushruta Samhita. These are several examples of disease that can be cured by that sira vedhan process like pliha, gridhasi etc. Acharya Charak has defined Sira as “sarnat sira” in sutra sthan chapter thirty, sira have been defined those structures in which there is passive flow of the blood. According to Acharya Sushruta sira originate in the embryonic life from nabhi and they spread upwards, downwards and in oblique fashion from nabhi. Sushruta has mentioned four types of sira aruna, neela, sweta, lohita relevant respectively with dosha such as vata, pitta, kapha and rakta dosha. We can regard neela sira as the veins which collect impure blood from all over the body towards the hearts, in blood flow in these sira by slowing velocity are called saran kriya. These are basically two types one of them can be punctured caring the disease called Vedhya Sira, total ninety six vedhya sira are present in upper limb, another type of sira are Avedhya sira, these are total four in no in upper limb, total ninety eight in whole body. This is strictly prohibited for puncturing, if by mistake chikitsak these are punctured it leads to harmful result. In this article avedhya sira are very well discover wsr to anatomical structure with its medico- surgical importance involved in modern medical science, in urdhva shakhagat region.