Does Siddha System work well on Sunday and not on Saturday? A New Science

Why we say ISM in general and Siddha system in particular is not a ‘drug and cure centric system’? Why we say it is ‘fundamentally’ a system for health and healthy living and not for treating or curing diseases?

The truth for our claim can be easily traced from the ancient classic approved Siddha literature ‘Theriyar Yamaga Venba, written by one of the famous Siddhars – Theraiyar.

If this truth is well understood, the Government can easily re-position the system as non medical science.

According to the ancient Siddha literature – Theriyar Yamaa Venba, the Siddha procedures and preparations are not administered to patients just like the way allopathic system operates.

In allopathic system, when patients consult allopathic doctor, the disease is first diagnosed and then treatment is given. The patient is asked to come for review if necessary, based on the treatment. If there is an emergency, immediately emergency care either in the form of treatment or surgical intervention is done.

In Siddha system, the methods followed are different. In Siddha system, the concept of diseases and its treatment lies in the correction of the thridoshas, which are different from that of the modern medicine. The modern medicine and none of the scientist can ever understand what the thridosha is and how to know whether it is in equilibrium state or not and where to locate it?

In Siddha system, the Siddha treatment procedures are not administered to patients who visit the Siddha Vaidyar on any day of a week or month.

The best days in the week are chosen first to provide Siddha procedures.

According ‘Theriyar Yamaga Venba’ Sunday and Monday are the best days for offering Siddha treatment. Wednesday and Saturday are not considered as good days and Friday and Thursday are considered only least preferred days and not best days for administering the Siddha treatment.

As far as choosing the months in a year for administering the Siddha treatment approaches to the patients are concerned, from April 14th to June 15th (Tamil months Sithirai and Vaikasi) are the best months as in Siddha system. Siddha system says that during this period, the waste toxins from human body would get automatically removed. The science of the above ‘Siddha Science’ only Siddha system knows the best.

June 16th to August 15th (Tamil months Aani and Aadi) are selected only as second choice for providing Siddha procedures/treatment.

August 16th to April 13th (Tamil months Aavani to Panguni) are not the best period for administering the Siddha treatment approach as the toxins in the body are believed to remain in the body itself and do not get removed. Hence the Siddha treatment methodologies do not work during the above period.

The above descriptions clearly states that Siddha system has not and never evolved as treatment and cure centric system the way it is unfortunately defined, promoted and understood by the world.

If the ancient Siddhars had ever believed in the concept of disease, treatment, offering cure, dispensing drugs etc., the way allopathic system function, the above descriptions would not have been emphasized so emphatically in Siddha system.

The patients cannot be told to visit the Siddha Vaidyar on Sunday or Monday or visit them from April 14th to June 15th as only during such period, treatments should be administered.

If such dictum were followed, many patients would have died of no treatment from Siddha system and Siddha Vaidyar, especially when anyone falls sick either on Thursday or Friday or during August 16th to April 13th. The above ‘TREATMENT ETHICS AND SPECIFICITY’ undoubtedly states that Siddha system is not a treatment and cure centric system and it is only meant for health. It is not system of medicine.

The above description of Theraiyar’s ‘Theriyar Yamaga Venba, undoubtedly proves the fact beyond any doubt, debate, argument or court verdict that, Siddha system is heath centric approach and not system of medicine.

But sadly, some people in the past may be due to own selfish reasons or due to lack of foresight had got the system classified as system of medicine and made it at par with allopathic system of medicine.

Even the Government of China promotes their native system as TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine’ and TCM is not positioned equal to allopathic system.

Only because of defining ISM and Siddha as system of medicine by the Government of India, the system could not grow. Because of such definition, people would definitely expect the same result from ISM like that of allopathic medicine. Unfortunately, none of the ISM and Siddha products fall under the definition of drugs as per the global definition.

Time has come, this bitter truth, government of India must accept and must re-position ISM and Siddha system as non medical system.

Dr S Ranganathan