What is the most famous aspect of ancient Indian medicine?

Plastic surgery is not new to modern people, but if it was more than 2000 years ago, it would be amazing. The most famous place of ancient Indian medicine is its plastic surgery, especially the plastic surgery of ears and nose. This is the earliest plastic surgery found in the world.

Plastic surgery is developed in India because ancient Indians loved beauty, especially beautifying ears and nose. Ancient Indians thought that lengthening the earlobe could drive away evil spirits and beautify the appearance. So after the child is born, parents should punch holes in the child's ears. Of course, drilling must be done by professional plastic surgeons. They drilled a small hole in the earlobe first, and then stuffed a sterilized soft cloth in the hole. If there is no infection, every three days, the doctor will put a large soft cloth in the child's ear hole or hang a wooden ring and lead pendant to slowly lengthen the skin of the ear. If you accidentally tear your ear, you should also ask a doctor to repair it. The ancient Indian medical classic Miao Wenji recorded in detail how to repair it. The general process is: the plastic surgeon first cuts a piece of live meat from the face of the earlobe, then cuts a knife edge at the part of the earlobe to be reconstructed with a scalpel, and transplants the meat from the face to the ear for suture and dressing.

Plastic surgery in ancient India has also spread to other parts of the world. First, Arabs learned and inherited this technology, and then Arabs spread it to the Mediterranean region. 1400 years later, sicilian learned to rebuild his nose. Modern plastic surgery in the west did not appear until after18th century.

Nose plastic surgery in ancient India