Abstract:
Siddha Medicine is a system of traditional
medicine originating in ancient Tamil Nadu in
South India and Sri Lanka. Traditionally, it is
taught that the siddhars laid the foundation for
this system of medicine. Siddharswere spiritual
adepts who possessed the ashta siddhis or the
eight supernatural powers. Agastyar is
considered the first Siddhar & the guru of all
siddhars, the Siddha system is believed to have
been handed over to him by Shiva [1]. Siddha
system considers the human body as a collection
of tri-humors & seven basic elements. Vatham,
Pitham & Kapham are the tri-humors which are
the life constituents of the human body. The
equilibrium of humors is consider as health & its
disturbance or imbalance leads to disease.
