Efficacy of Siddha Medicine in diagnosis and treatment of various diseases:-
The diagnosis of diseases in Siddha Medicine is based on the examination of eight entities (envagi thaervu) such as pulse, eyes, voice, touch, appearance, tongue, face and urine. Among these, urine examination is the major diagnostic method and it is a specialty of Siddha medicine. The color of the urine, smell, density, quantity and froth are noted in almost all systems of diagnosis. But in Siddha medicine, in addition to these, the surface tension and the pattern of oil spreading on the surface of the urine gives valuable information in diagnosing the diseases . Apart from urine examination, pulse (nadi) examination is another important step, which is used for diagnosis and prognosis of diseases.
This is the most prominent diagnostic procedure in Siddha medicine than in Ayurveda and it has been suggested that Ayurveda pulse diagnosis not common before the late thirteenth-century was then followed by Siddha medicine. The pulse examination is done for females in left hand and for males in right hand. The diagnosis also involves the study of person as a whole as well as his disease. The Siddha Medicine emphasizes that medical treatment is oriented not merely to disease but also take into account the patients’ environment, the meteorological consideration, age, sex, race, habits, mental frame, habitat, diet, appetite, physical condition, physiological constitution etc. This means the treatment is individualistic, reducing the chance of misdiagnosis or wrong treatments. In this regard, it seems that Siddha Medicine had already an insight of individualized medicine through phenotypic and behavioral characterization of individuals which now modern research is trying to achieve through pharmacogenomics and pharmacogenetics.
According to Siddha Medicine, the physiological function in the human system is mediated by three substances (tridosham) i) wind (vatham) ii) bile (pitham), iii) phlegm (kapam). If these three substances function normally in the ratio 4: 2: 1 respectively, normal health is maintained. The change in this ratio will lead to various diseases. Drugs of Siddha Medicine are used separately or in combination for maintaining this normal ratio. The combined drugs are classified into two categories: enemy (satru) and friend (mitru). The modern equivalent terms are compatible (potentiating the action of one drug by another) and incompatible (one drug antagonizes another and reduces the therapeutic action). It is believed that the Siddha Medicine is capable of treating all types of diseases. For example, it is effective in treating skin diseases, arthritis. Siddha medical practitioners have also reported that this system is effective in reducing the highly debilitating conditions in HIV/AIDS and even found to cure HIV positive and sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Other diseases such as cancer and diabetes (literally known as putrunoi and neerazhivu noi in SSM) can also be treated with Siddha drugs. This has been demonstrated scientifically also.
The diagnosis of diseases in Siddha Medicine is based on the examination of eight entities (envagi thaervu) such as pulse, eyes, voice, touch, appearance, tongue, face and urine. Among these, urine examination is the major diagnostic method and it is a specialty of Siddha medicine. The color of the urine, smell, density, quantity and froth are noted in almost all systems of diagnosis. But in Siddha medicine, in addition to these, the surface tension and the pattern of oil spreading on the surface of the urine gives valuable information in diagnosing the diseases . Apart from urine examination, pulse (nadi) examination is another important step, which is used for diagnosis and prognosis of diseases.
This is the most prominent diagnostic procedure in Siddha medicine than in Ayurveda and it has been suggested that Ayurveda pulse diagnosis not common before the late thirteenth-century was then followed by Siddha medicine. The pulse examination is done for females in left hand and for males in right hand. The diagnosis also involves the study of person as a whole as well as his disease. The Siddha Medicine emphasizes that medical treatment is oriented not merely to disease but also take into account the patients’ environment, the meteorological consideration, age, sex, race, habits, mental frame, habitat, diet, appetite, physical condition, physiological constitution etc. This means the treatment is individualistic, reducing the chance of misdiagnosis or wrong treatments. In this regard, it seems that Siddha Medicine had already an insight of individualized medicine through phenotypic and behavioral characterization of individuals which now modern research is trying to achieve through pharmacogenomics and pharmacogenetics.
According to Siddha Medicine, the physiological function in the human system is mediated by three substances (tridosham) i) wind (vatham) ii) bile (pitham), iii) phlegm (kapam). If these three substances function normally in the ratio 4: 2: 1 respectively, normal health is maintained. The change in this ratio will lead to various diseases. Drugs of Siddha Medicine are used separately or in combination for maintaining this normal ratio. The combined drugs are classified into two categories: enemy (satru) and friend (mitru). The modern equivalent terms are compatible (potentiating the action of one drug by another) and incompatible (one drug antagonizes another and reduces the therapeutic action). It is believed that the Siddha Medicine is capable of treating all types of diseases. For example, it is effective in treating skin diseases, arthritis. Siddha medical practitioners have also reported that this system is effective in reducing the highly debilitating conditions in HIV/AIDS and even found to cure HIV positive and sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Other diseases such as cancer and diabetes (literally known as putrunoi and neerazhivu noi in SSM) can also be treated with Siddha drugs. This has been demonstrated scientifically also.
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