Glimpses of the Siddha Medical System
 

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Sages were also great divine scientists. They were men of high culture intellectual and spiritual faculties combined with super natural powers. The paramount aim and object of Siddha medial science is to assure the full span of healthy life to enable man to acquire knowledge, cultivate good character and conduct with which they could enjoy their legitimate worldly pleasures and ultimately attain salvation.

 It is based on humoural pathology, which supports the body. It is a fact that, without these humours, the individual cannot exist, and if they are not in proper balance death will be he result.

The human body is a miniature of the cosmos. Nature is man and man is nature and therefore both are essentially one. Man is said to be the microcosm and the universe is macrocosm, because what exits in the universe exists in the man. Man is nothing but the universe in divine miniature containing the mega elements, and the various principles that constitute the mineral, vegetable, animal kingdoms. Hence the universe consists of two essential entities-master and energy, which we call divine spirit or divine energy. Everything seen and unseen, experienced and inexperienced, all fall within the elements categories.

 

Siddha medical science is very vast and is based on natural laws, herbs, oxides, minerals, and animal products, spiritual, occult etc. Siddha medicines are in the form of food that ultimately rejuvenate and revitalize the defence mechanism of the body and hence proved safe, pure and effective. This is the only perfect medical science of the past, present and future.

Siddha medical science has been drawing global attention in recent times since they offer treatment possibilities for certain degenerative disorders for which modern medicine does not have a satisfactory solution yet it is common place to say that traditional medicine is holistic and treats the complete individual and not merely the disease.

The treatment can be varied for different individuals based on their constitution and similarly guidelines for dietary regime are also given.

The three physical elements of the external world that is air, fire and water form the three fundamental principles on which the constitution of the human being has been based. The three elements are known as humours as they enter the body. These three humours represent respectively five elements that form the connecting link between man and the world (macro). The three humours maintain the human body through their combined functioning. If all the factors work properly, the body will be healthy. Imbalance due to astral influence, poisonous substances and psychological and spiritual factors may also be important in causing imbalance.

Medicine are prescribed to set right the imbalance in the life factors either by addition, reduction or neutralization since all matter contain the mega elements.

To diagnose, the physician investigates the cause of the disease, the signs and symptoms. The conclusion is an essential prerequisite for treatment. Diseases are diagnosed mainly with the help of signs and symptoms. In addition these are a number of factors, which help in finding out the disease and imbalanced life factors. For instance pulse recording the science of pulse is peculiar to the Siddha medicine. Traditionally the science of pulse was taught by the guru to his disciples.

Diagnosis of the disease by the pulse requires great skill and experience. According to them the pulse is the manifestation of prana in living beings prana being the cosmic energy responsible for the evolution of the universe. It penetrates, surrounds and seeps through everything.

Siddha physiology, bone setting surgery, mode of injection, materia media, siddha chemistry, varma treatment, application of siddha science in other modern fields etc. and more will be taught during the practical course study. It is said by the sages to the disciples that: -

·        There is no yoga without concentration

·        There are no miraculous powers without rousing the kundalini

·        There is no wisdom without mind.

·        There is no body without repression of respiration.

 

            A characteristic feature of this is that they consider the individual as a whole rather than just the disease. Treatment is fine-tuned taking into consideration the individual’s constitution, susceptibility to diseases, mental make up, life style and other factors. This has been refined to a very high degree in siddha with its powerful concept of prakruti-constitution of the human body. All material in the universe, animate or inanimate is composed of five basic elements namely akash, vaayu,  jal, and prithvi, space is omnipresent and all pervading, a substructure to the other four elements and due to its presence one can separate or differentiate material. Air is responsible for the existence of all types and is vital for the existence of all creatures. The qualities of three basic functions are manifested in the individual’s personality. Dietary requirement should be modified according t the constitution of the individual.

Human beings constantly struggle against the changing environmental conditions to maintain optimum health and vigour throughout the day and in all seasons. The human body depends on the continuous holistic interaction between internal and external factors. When this interaction is in a state of equilibrium, man enjoys health and when this fails, either due to internal deficiency or hostile environmental factors, the disturbed balance leads to disease and disharmony. Environmental factors include the nature of the land-water and various atmospheric phenomena such as temperature, humidity, wind, rain and snow.

The examination of the constitution is an important subject and is an expert’s work.

Mode of determination?

Sages revealed the truth that all the living and nonliving things are a combination of panchbhoota.

To regulate the living body easily, the sages’ concised the panchbhootas into tridosha. These tridoshas are the basic pavement for all theories. Well-being is the condition when the tridoshas are in their natural rhythm. When this rhythm is lost it is called disease. The former means order. The latter disorder the purpose of treatment of all diseases the purpose of treatment of all diseases is to keep the doshas in equilibrium.

 

A medical science that denies and denounces the divine energy is found to be anaemic and ill, it has to be lackluster -such a medical science is going to be as pale and lifeless as a dry leaf fallen from a tree. People who follow such a misery and allow themselves to be influenced and conditioned by it will be as anaemic and prone to death as these leaves are. It is this paradox that makes siddha medical science more and more difficult to understand. Medial transcendence is not possible so long as we are in conflict, so long as we choose one part and reject the other. It is only possible when we accept both parts together, when we accept the whole. Siddha medical science has great significance for the future and its significance will continue to grow with the passage of time. It is not a material science so it exhorts people over and over again that the universe originally consisted of atoms which contributed to the five basic mega elements.

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