Strength of Siddha
Siddha
Siddha medicine is a traditional system of medicine that originated in ancient Tamil Nadu, India. Practitioners of Siddha medicine are called “Siddhars.”The strength of Siddha medicine lies in its holistic approach to health, combining physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. It utilizes natural substances and emphasizes the balance of the three doshas (humors) in the body.
Materia Medica:
Siddhars with their clarified and intuitive intellect resulting from their yogic powers explored the nature and exploited the natural resources for the sake of humanity. They documented their findings about the characteristics of plants, metals, minerals and animal products. They documented all their findings in the form of poems for the use of posterity. Knowledge was transmitted from Guru to disciples. Their boundless knowledge on the properties of drugs, purification, processing, heat application, fixing dosage, toxicity, antidote and clinical application is astonishing the modern scientific world.
Significance:
The Siddha system is capable of treating all types of chronic diseases especially arthritis, skin problems urinary tract disorders, infertility, degenerative disorders like osteo arthritis, senile dementia, disease of the liver, medicinally treatable spinal disorders, general debility, diarrhoea and intractable allergic disorders. Aringnar Anna Govt Hospital of Indian Medicine, Arumbakkam, being the premier institute in Tamil Nadu for Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy treats both outpatient and inpatient.