The Very First Blog On Siddha Medicine

I am planning a lot of developments to the Siddha Physician website. And among them, one of the important things is to get this blog active and growing. I think this can be one of the greatest things to do because, the more content on Siddha Medicine, we can develop and present on the internet, the more global it becomes, since with each content we will be reaching another 5-10 people. (more…)

The Siddha Physician forum, is earning its BUZZ all over the siddha world through the never ending crowd of the internet. The forum, even though slow in its development, has been constantly in its growth pace. We now (at the time of writing) has over 90 + members and over 190 posts. Majority of members are siddha doctors apart from that we have students, people seeking medical advice for their health issues and enthusiasts wanting to know more about Siddha. (more…)

Lac
Carteria lacca or Coccus lacca or Tachardia lacca

Vernacular Names
Sanskrit - Laksha Malayalam - Laksha Tamil - Kombarakku (more…)

Tiger

Felis tigris

Vernacular Names:-
English - Tiger
Malayalam - Kaduva
Tamil - Puli

Most of the parts of Tiger are used in Siddha medicines. Skin, flesh, blood, bile, fat, nail, bone, excreta & whiskers are used in medicine.

All the body parts, posess hot potency because of its intense nature, habit of taking flesh and its strength.

The Yoga practitioners usually use the skin of tiger because it produces heat. The heat is very important to raise the serpent power or kundalini shakti. Flesh and blood of tiger are easily digestible and absorbable one. So these are used in Tuberculosis (Ilaipunoi or Kayam) as well as other diseases which cause (more…)

Phyllanthus emblica, Linn.

Family:- Euphorbiaceae

Vernacular Names:-
English - Emblic, Emblic myrobalan, Indian gooseberry, Indian-gooseberry
Malayalam - Nellikka
Tamil - Nelli
Sanskrit - Amalaki
Hindi - Amlika

Synonyms (Tamil):- Amalakam, Alakam, Ambal, Aamarikam, Thirathari, Thathiri, Korangam, Miruthupala, Meethunthu. (more…)

Tribulus terrestris, Linn.

Family: Zygophyllaceae

Vernacular Names:-
English - Puncture Vine, Small Caltrops, Land Caltrops, Goat’s Head
Malayalam - Nerunjil
Tamil - Nerunjil
Sanskrit - Gokshura
Hindi - Gakhru

Synonyms (Tamil):- Thirikandam, Thirikandakam, Thirithandam, Nerunjiputhum, Aswachattiram, Suvathattam, Kokandam, Kamarasi, Suvathukandam, Kittiram, Kondam, Sutham.

Varieties Of Nerunjil:-
1. Sirunerunjil
2. Perunerunjil
3. Seppunerunjil

Parts Used:- Entire Plant

Taste:- Astringent, Sweet
Potency:- Cold
Division:- Sweet (more…)