Schools of treatment in Ayurveda

Dhanwantari and his disciples specialized in Salya Chikitsa (surgery) and formed the school of surgery. Susruta belonged to this school. Punarvasu Atreya who was the disciple of Bharadwaja specialized in Kaya Chikitsa (general medicine and health). Charaka belonged to this school. The Kashyapa school specialized in Kumarabhrutya (pediatrics). Vruddha (the elder), Jeevaka who wrote Kashyapa Samhita belonged to this school.