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Minor girl 'kidnapped' from railway station in UP, rescued in Bhopal; abductor found to be her father. While hunting he found a herb that had good healing property. He brought a rabbit with broken bones from the forest and tried the herb on it. The result was a surprise for him. Convinced that the leaves had some medicinal properties, he made a paste and applied on the same rabbit only to confirm the therapeutic values of the plant.
The rabbit was completely cured. In the next few years, he experimented on chicken, calves and sheep.
After that, he also followed the Susruta Samhita of Ayurveda and he was convinced to treat human beings. They took him to all places for treating the wounded soldiers and civilians. He practiced for 20 years with 10—15 patients per day. He had no children of his own but passed on the secret of the herb to his brother's and sister's sons. His brother's own grandson, Dr. Gopal Raju, an allopathic doctor, has enriched his skill of bone setting with this familiar herbal medicine and is the founder of a small hospital.
On the other hand, his sister's son, Suprapanaju Subba Raju, who was the revenue officer in British government, laid the foundation stone of a big bone setting hospital in Now, the fourth generation of Raju family is practicing the skill of bone setting. When a patient arrives in the bandage room, Puttur bonesetters ascertain the nature of injury.
They feel the arm or leg for dislocated joint or fracture. In some cases, despite the protests from the patients, they twist, pull and poke the arm or leg to locate the exact dislocation or fracture. Once they are sure about the diagnosis, they dip a piece of gauge into the paste of the medicinal herb and tie it around the area of dislocation or fracture. To immobilize the area of injury, they tie up short pieces of bamboo sticks with a bandage.
A sling around the neck is fixed and instruction to apply sesame oil on the bandage everyday and advice to visit the clinic after 15 days is given to the patients. The patients are required to visit the bonesetter twice. Very rarely, the patient visits the bonesetter thrice. The second time, the medicinal herb is mixed with the white of egg and turmeric and applied in the affected area.
The patient himself can remove the second bandage after 1 month at home. They are known to cure the fractures and dislocations of almost any part of the body including backbone, skull, patella, ribs, clavicle and nose. Sometimes, the patients are administered oral calcium and analgesic also.
They take only 5—10 minutes for completion of all fracture and dislocation cases, but in case of compound fracture, they take more time for suturing the wound and putting the bone inside. They prepare the paste from a single herb that is collected from nearby places the previous day and use them fresh every day. They are not cultivating the plant although there is a high requirement but are totally dependent on wild growths.
However, the specialty does not lie with the herb but with the skill in manipulating the bones and setting the alignment in the right order. This study reveals that males account for a large portion of patients seeking TBS treatment and shows that males are predominantly injured, just like in any other trauma.
The mean age was More educated people are receiving this treatment, which is contrary to that reported in earlier studies of Thanni. Many investigators have attributed arguable competence to the TBS earlier like this Puttur kattu. They say that the recovery depends on how cooperative the patients are. The first time, when the injury is fresh, the application of herbal paste acts as an anti-inflammatory agent and reduces the pain and swelling fast.
The second time, the paste along with the white portion of egg is applied for enhancing the bone healing by accelerating the hard callus formation and remodeling. The wide acceptance of this TBS practice may be due to the non-invasive techniques and low price. This study is an example of traditional bone setting practices in our country. Source of Support: Nil. Conflict of Interest: None declared.
National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. J Ayurveda Integr Med. Ashok Kumar Panda and Suvendu Rout 1.
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This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Traditional bone setting practices are quite popular in India and nearly traditional bone setting Vaidyas Practisioners are practicing the same in our country. Keywords: Bone, bandage, dislocation, fracture, Puttur, splint, Vaidya, Rachapalem, traditional bone setters. Table 1 Age and sex distribution of the patients who attended Puttur traditional bone setting clinic.
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Open in a separate window. Table 2 State wise inhabitance distribution of the patients who attended Puttur bone setting clinic.
Table 3 Educational qualification of the patients who attended Puttur bone setting clinic.