Siddha Medicine
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Providing adequate relief to bone fractures, joint dislocations and damages to inner organs due to accidents and also an effective treatment for several ailments -- Thanuology (Varmam) is an independent medical science existing mainly in the Tamil Nadu state in Southern India, since times immemorial. It has been proved that timely application of retrieval techniques by Thanuologists can save accidental victims from death. Present monograph compiles the ...
The revival of the Indian System of Medicine at the present day is one of the welcome signs of the times, and is seen in such publications as the present volume by Dr. T.G. Ramamurthi Iyer. The Ayurvedic and Siddha system of Medicine date back to a hoary antiquity, and became in the course of time the parent source of all the other Medical systems of the world. The humoral theory of the Hindus, though misunderstood, dominated the Greek, Roman, and Arabian ...
This book attempts to analyze the different aspects of Indian traditional systems of medicine. Tracing the origin and development of traditional medicine—ayurveda, yoga, siddha, tantric and folk medicine—to get a glimpse of the age, antiquity and legacy of these systems, it examines the history of the advent and spread of allopathy and homeopathy in India.
It further discusses at length the theory and practice as well as the popularity of these ...
Notwithstanding decades of progress in their treatment and prevention, vector borne and infectious diseases remain a major cause of death and debility. Traditional medical systems of Ayurveda and Siddha offer a number of single and compound herbal drugs for prevention and management of such diseases.
An effort undertaken by the Ministry of Health, Govt. of India—this technical report documents a number of medical practices/claims on prevention and ...
There exists tremendous knowledge in ancient Indian scriptures on traditional systems of medicine regarding liver disorders, their management and cure. The Indian Council of Medical Research initiated a programme under which the relevant knowledge and scientific data has been searched from the available literature and integrated in the present monograph. It provides an insight of the liver and its disorders from the point of view of Ayuveda, Unani and Allopathic ...
In Ayurveda Marmas are mentioned. Susruta Samhita deals with Marmas elaborately. Those who practise Ayurvedic Massage should have the general knowledge about Marmas. Now-a-days the Acharyas of Kalari Payattu (Martial Aart) know the Marmas and the Marma treatment. By massage Marmas are protected and also activated. Some diseases can be treated or controlled by activating the Marmas. There are 19 Marmas which are damaged. The prognosis is sudden death due to ...
Science of Marma was shrouded in mystery for a long time, as it was taught only to certain people; to prevent its misuse. Marma science has many facets related to other sciences like martial art, Yoga etc. This is the first book which has put together all these aspects with marma points.
Tamil Siddhas have been known as iconoclastic in their writings and tendencies. Here this misunderstanding is cleared and correct knowledge of the writings is given. For the first time also, the dasa diksa and gymnosophy of the Tamil Siddhas are adumbrated here in a new light, which the student of the Tamil Siddhas will appreciate. The author has attempted, successfully to prove some of the concepts and Yogic practices of the Siddhas by quoting from the Upanisads ...