@article{Aswathi G_Sreevidya C.G_Sirosha M_2022, title={A Conceptual Study on Oothu Chikitsa or Blowing Therapy- An Emergency Treatment Procedure}, volume={10}, url={http://ijaprs.com/index.php/ijapr/article/view/2575}, DOI={10.47070/ijapr.v10i10.2575}, abstractNote={<p>Kerala is exceptional for the practice of <em>Visha chikitsa </em>from time out of mind. <em>Keraleeya visha chikitsa grandhas</em> such as <em>Prayoga sammucchayam</em> and <em>Kriya koumudi</em> point out distinctive treatment procedure for snake envenomation such as <em>Karu prayogam, Vella prayogam</em>, <em>Oothu chikitsa</em> etc. Among this most handy and easy treatment procedure, <em>Oothu chikitsa</em> or blowing therapy which is mentioned for immediate stabilization of the patient from severe cobra envenomation is discussed here. The present study evaluates the role of Ayurveda in emergency management. This procedure, in which three persons are made to blow over vertex and both ears for 150 times by chewing certain drugs such as <em>Viswa, Dusparsa, Maricha</em> and <em>Visha vega </em>in equal quantities are indicated in the initial manifestation of snake bite including altered consciousness. On evaluation, the volatile components of these drugs are found to act on CNS. In this era of emergency medicine, exploration of Ayurvedic emergency treatment procedure is very much important. This emergency treatment procedure can be conceptually applied in the altered consciousness other than snake bite such as altered consciousness arising due to neurological and metabolic causes, diffuse physiological brain dysfunction as seen in certain drug poisoning, alchohol etc. This study aims at application of blowing therapy, indicated in initial manifestation of cobra envenomation and helps the patient to stabilize from a level of altered consciousness in the context of altered consciousness in conditions other than snake bite.</p&gt;}, number={10}, journal={International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharma Research}, author={Aswathi G and Sreevidya C.G and Sirosha M}, year={2022}, month={Nov.}, pages={91-94} }