{"id":1025,"date":"2016-09-03T17:40:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T17:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2016-09-03T17:40:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T17:40:40","slug":"siddha-or-ayurveda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/siddha-or-ayurveda\/","title":{"rendered":"Similarities and differences between Siddha and Ayurveda System of Medicines."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Differences & similarities between Siddha and Ayurveda medicine<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As many of us are aware Siddha and Ayurveda are chief traditional medicine systems of India formulated by noble men, known by different names like Sages, rishis, Siddhas etc. These people were the knowledge hubs of our culture. These noble men, Siddha\u2019s and Sadhu\u2019s imparted various manuscripts of different genres such as medicine, alchemy, astrology, yoga etc. In India most of the scripts were destroyed during foreign rule. Only a few of the crafts survived and one among them would be Siddha and Ayurveda medicine system<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There have been queries in our mind like<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What is Siddha ?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What is Ayurveda ?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What is the similarities and difference between siddha and Ayurveda system of medicine ?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Siddha and Ayurveda system of medicines have many similarities like humoral pathology, usage of herbs and diagnostic methods to name a few. Despite similarities they do have differences in various aspects. We have tried to shed some light on this topic with excerpts from medical literatures available.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Siddha vs Ayurveda<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[su_row]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Language & region<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The medium of treatise and texts are in Tamil language. The Siddha system of medicine is an old system of medicine said to be originated and followed by Dravidian culture i.e. today\u2019s South India.\u00a0[\/su_column]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Language & region<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The medium of treatise and texts are in Sanskrit. The Ayurveda system of medicines is part of the Atharva Veda the fourth book of Vedas. Charaka Samhita & Susruta Samhita are the two foundational texts of Ayurveda.[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [\/su_row]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[su_row]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>History:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The exact age of Siddha medicine is not exactly known. As it was used by Dravidians and related with Indus valley civilization so age can be around 3<sup>rd<\/sup> century B.C.[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>History:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ayurveda also has been the medicine system of Indus valley civilization. There are evidences that prove it has been in practice in 6<sup>th<\/sup> & 7<sup>th<\/sup> century B.C.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [\/su_row]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[su_row]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Principles:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Considers humans as a universal entity i.e. Macrocosm and microcosm. Any change in the environment has an influence on human existence and living.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Five elements of Siddha system \u0b90\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bc2\u0ba4\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Air or Vayu \u0bb5\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bc1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sky or Agayam \u0b86\u0b95\u0bbe\u0baf\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fire or Theyu \u0ba4\u0bc7\u0baf\u0bc1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Water or Appu\u0b85\u0baa\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Earth or Prithvi \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbf<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Three vital humors\u00a0 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bae\u0bcd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vadham<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pitham<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kabam<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Principles:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Preaches the same theory of Macrocosm and microcosm as Siddha system of medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Five elements of Ayurveda system<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ether or Akasha<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Air or Vayu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fire or Agni<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Water or Jala<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Earth or Prithvi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Three vital humors tridoshas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vata<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pita<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u25cf\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kapha<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [\/su_row]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[su_row]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Philosophy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In Siddha system, the fundamental functions of Vatham, Pitham, and Kabam are Creation, protection and destruction respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Philosophy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In Ayurveda, function of Vatha, Pitha, and Kaba are destruction, protection and creation respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These changes can be attributed to the seasonal and environmental factors of the landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [\/su_row]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[su_row]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Exchanges of ideas <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Siddha system of medicine exchanges formulation ideas with both Ayurveda and Chinese folk medicine. For example \u0b9a\u0bc0\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd i.e. Chinese salt , \u0b9a\u0bc0\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc2\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd i.e. Chinese camphor are few products mentioned in Siddha literature that has to be brought from China. The reason is that Siddhars travelled many places like Siddhar Bogar & Pulipani travelled to China, Siddhar Ramadevar travelled to Arabia and got the name Yacob.Siddha medicine shares few information from Ayurveda also.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Exchanges of ideas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ayurveda has some of the features from Siddha medicine like <em>\u201crasa Shastras<\/em>\u201d and metal preparations. Ayurveda also has shared some of its pathological investigations of diseases to Siddha system. For e.g. Siddhamaharathvajam an Ayurvedic preparation holds Siddha name in its prefix, that helps us understand the exchange of knowledge between the two system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [\/su_row]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[su_row]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Metallic Medicines<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Siddha system has many literatures about metallic preparations. Siddha system has a special literatures emphasizing on alchemy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Metallic Medicines<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ayurveda system also has metallic medicines as in Siddha system. Ayurveda system treats deadly diseases with various metallic preparations like <em>\u201cbhasmas\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [\/su_row]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[su_row]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Pulse(Naadi) diagnosis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pulse diagnosis or Naadi diagnose in Siddha system has been strictly followed from ancient days. Siddha system has literatures with main stream focus in pulse diagnosis. These literatures help the physicians in understanding body disorders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Pulse diagnosis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ayurveda system also follows naadi diagnosis system with limited techniques. But modern day Ayurveda has improved some of the features in its diagnostic perspectives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [\/su_row]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[su_row]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u27a2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Rejuvenation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The so called karpamarunthu (Rejuvention Therapy) is unique for its advanced use of herbal, metallic, herbo-mineral, and metallic oxides for rejuvenation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Rejuvenation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ayurveda system follows rejuvenation therapy with panchakarma treatment. There are also <em>\u201cSuga chikilsa\u201d<\/em> for retaining the youth in oneself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [\/su_row]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[su_row]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u27a2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Varmam & Girigai in Siddha <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The treatment methods like varmam \u201c\u0bb5\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bae\u0bae\u0bcd\u201d for nervous and neurological problems, girigai \u201c\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc8\u201d \u0bae\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0bae\u0bcd for psychological problems are only used in siddha system. In Varmam of Siddha system speaks about 108 Varmas in human body. It is also an ancient martial art. Chinese folk medicine also speaks about similar body points that are used in acupuncture treatments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [su_column size=\u201d1\/2\u2033]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Marmam in Ayurveda <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marmam insists on 107 points in the body. These points control activities of the body. These Marmam techniques are used in martial arts like <em>\u201cKalari payatu\u201d<\/em>.\u00a0 It is an ancient war art used to defeat enemies and as well as in medical science.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\/su_column]<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> [\/su_row]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Differences &#038; similarities between Siddha and Ayurveda medicine As many of us are aware Siddha and Ayurveda are chief traditional medicine systems of India formulated by noble men, known by different names like Sages, rishis, Siddhas etc. These people were the knowledge hubs of our culture. These noble men, Siddha\u2019s and Sadhu\u2019s imparted various manuscripts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-siddha-medicine-system"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tknsiddha.com\/medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}