Siddha

Two principles reign supreme while a patient is being treated using the Siddha form of medication. The first crucial principle is to ensure that the three humours that govern the functioning of the human body have to be brought in sync. These three humours or faculties are vatha or wind, pitta or bile, and kapha or phlegm.

The Siddha is the oldest and most traditional form of system of medicine in India. Based on the lines of the Ayurveda system of medicine, the Siddha finds its origins in the Dravidian culture. The complete literature of this medicine system is preserved in Tamil. Practitioners of the Siddha are known as Siddhars. 

 According to Siddha, ill-health of any kind in the human body is the result of an imbalance between the three crucial factors that govern its function, namely, vatha or wind, pitta or bile, and kapha or phlegm. Vatha, and pitta are said to work within a ratio of 4:2:1 respectively.

The methodology used in diagnosing an illness or ailment in the Siddha medicine form is almost as unique as the medicine form itself. Here, physicians diagnose an illness based on their clinical proficiency. In order to make the correct diagnosis, siddhars make an eight-fold examination of the patient. This is known as the asthathana-pariksa. As part of the asthathana-pariksa, the siddhars make a thorough examination of the following aspects of the human body:

The fundamental concepts driving the Siddha form of medicine are quite similar to those of the Ayurvedic form of medicine. With the help of natural elements such as plants, minerals, and metals, this form of medicine is able to completely cure an ailing body, without any side effects.