When you think of surgery, you think of cutting edge technology, of gleaming antiseptic theatres and state of the art equipment.  However, the fact is that surgery is a science that was practiced even thousands of years ago. Ayurveda, the world’s oldest system of medicine, is the pioneer of surgery. Acharya Sushruta, whose name is synonymous with surgery in Ayurveda, made it clear that Shalya Chikitsa or surgery can be the best alternative when other procedures and medicines fail…..