Review Article
Year: 2023 | Month: April | Volume: 13 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 73-84
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20230411
Documentation of Siddha Paediatric External Therapies
Dr. M. Roshan1, Dr. K. Kavithalaya2, Dr. P. Arul Mozhi3, Dr. M. Meenakshi Sundaram4, Dr. R. Meenakumari5
1,2PG scholar, Department of Kuzhandhai Maruthuvam, National institute of Siddha, Chennai-47, India
3Associate professor, Department of Kuzhandhai Maruthuvam, National institute of Siddha, Chennai 47, India
4Professor, Head of the Department, Department of Kuzhandhai Maruthuvam, National institute of Siddha, Chennai 47, India
5Director, National Institute of Siddha, Chennai-47, India
Corresponding Author: Dr. M. Roshan
ABSTRACT
Siddha system of medicine had a vast available external medicine. External therapies are important in management of health and diseases. There are greater number of external therapies available to the paediatric population but the knowledge and standardized treatment protocol for external therapies were not sufficiently available. The purpose of this review is to document the paediatric external therapies for diseases management and better prognosis. Literatures were collected from various libraries, Siddha textbooks, Dissertations, databases such as Medline, PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, and psych info, PhD thesis and Research articles. The details regarding external therapy procedure, the method of preparation, then analysed the indication of diseases. Based on these details compile the various procedures of external therapies are documented. Even though many external therapeutic procedures are available, but few therapies such as Podithimurthal, Thokkanam, Varmam, Poochu, Nasiyam, only in clinical practice for children. Apart from the above Kalimbu, Vedhu, Anjanam, Kalikkam, Naasikabaranam, Thappalam, Thuvaalai, Neer, Ennaikuliyal were also mentioned and these procedures were recommended for the treatment of various diseases such as Sanni, Karuvaapu, Maantham, Kanam, Thodam, Neuromuscular disease, psychiatric conditions, skin diseases, wounds, ulcers, head diseases, urogenital diseases, tumour etc. This document gained information regarding the comprehensive and brief knowledge of external therapies for the children and used to enhance the wellbeing of diseased children and help to the Siddha practitioners and guide the researchers for their future research.
Key words: External therapies, siddha, paediatric, children, pura maruthuvam