Abstract

MARMA CHIKITSA – A CONVENTIONAL THERAPY IN AYURVEDA: A REVIEW

Dr. Subhash Saini*, Dr. Tanu Shri, Dr. Komal Sharma, Dr. Purushottama Das Sharma, Dr. Jitendra Kumar Sharma, Dr. D. K. Sharma

Abstract

In each era, there was always a science which was dealing the management of the diseases with or without its essential tools. As we know that without some special tools it is very difficult to manage any work specially in medical science. But a science was there since the Vedic period, which used the special vital points of the body, known as Marma points, for the protection of body and life. It was very commonly used by physicians of that time. In present era, Medical science has developed to a great extent but still it has some limitations which are restricting the benefits not only today but since ancient time. All the drugs, general health and emergency management procedure tools are not always available everywhere, therefore some technique have to be discovered to overcome the unavailability of the medical tools. This leads to the discovery of tool free technique known as the Marma Therapy. This therapy is in practiced in present era too but not as a famous and main therapy. The knowledge of this wonderful therapy has lost to a great extent, which forced this therapy to be a suspected and subsidiary therapy and not a main therapy. Current study is aiming to discover the hidden facts related to the Marma therapy, which could be very beneficial for achieving the goals of the Ayurveda i.e. maintaining the healthy state and to cure the diseases.

Keywords: Medical science, vital points, Marma points, drugs, health, emergency, medical tools, Marma therapy.