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SCIENCE OF MARMA
Program Officer & Head, International enter for Ayur!edic Studie"# Head of Pancha$arma De%artment &u'arat Ayur!ed (ni!er"ity )amnagar
Abadhavarjanam Nityam Svasthavrittanuvartanam Utpannartivighatascha Marmanam Paripalanam. ~aibiidviji^nio *nityio svisWiviVttiini#viti^nio utpinnii*ti^*viGiitiSci mimi^Niiopi*rpiilinio~
To defy from dangers to Marma, to follow the hygienic measures e ery day and to treat the affliction, are the means to care Marma!
Science of Marma
(In India and Abroad)
"! #nowledge of Marma related to martial art $ warfare medicine! %! #nowledge of Marma with surgical im&ortance! '! #nowledge of Marma with medical im&ortance a! Marma Chi(itsa ) mani&ulating $ treating Marma in the management of diseases!
CONTE-T OF ,RANA )%
'hen Prana gets disturbed in localised regions only, then the disturbed unction o that related region shall be e(hibited. %his may happen as a consequence to many causes (etiological actors) that hamper the local regional path"ays o Prana. %his is true "ith the sense that certain local packets o Prana (Marma) are also a ected during such event. !t may be hypothesised, that by tact ul stimulation o local centres o Prana, the paths or movement o Prana become cleared and normal unctioning ensues. %his hypothesis is urther discussed in the orth coming chapters.
CONTE-T OF ,RANA ).
CONTE-T OF ,RANA )/
Marma
Ty&es of Marma
4 a3 Su&erficial 15ttana3 Marma 4 *3 6ee& 17am*heera3 Marma 4 c3 Neither su&erficial nor dee& 15*haya3 Marma (such opinions are not prompted in classical books of Ayurveda.)
Ty&es of Marma
$hysica Matri%
Mamasa Marma Sira Marma Snayu Marma Asthi Marma Sandhi Marma #hamani Marma Eleven in number F urty ne in number !"enty Seven in number Eight in number !"enty in number Nine in number (as per $agbhata)
Ty&es of Marma
Specia &eatures Sadhya Pranahara &alantara Pranahara $ishalyaghna $ai(alya(ara )uja(ara #eath by % days #eath by ' rtnight r m nth #eath as s n ' reign b dy rem ved #e' rming Sever pain
Marma Nidana
$a pation of Marma
%he method or palpating speci ic *arma are described in the previous chapter. %he patient must lie in a rela(ed posture be ore physician starts palpating. !t is al"ays pre erable to e(amine 0*arma1 in the morning hours a ter raising rom the bed. $hysician must make sure that the patient is not asting neither o ull stomach and he has attended morning toilette.
$a pation of Marma
%he doctor has to look or *arma points care ully one by one making sure that he is palpating the *arma place and not any other in&ured tender part near by. Charaka says *arma are the sites o Chetana nibaddha i.e., speci ic places o Chetana (consciousness) and hence they are comparatively tender in nature. %he pain originating in these *arma places (on a liction2) are sever in comparison to the other places o body (Charaka Samhita. Siddhi Sthana. 9th chapter 3rd Sloka). %hus eeling o pain on slight pressure is the only reliable inde( to identi y as "ell to assess the vitiation o *arma. %he physician must be attentive enough to assess the degree o tenderness. %his one has to acquire only by constant practice and e(pertise. %he tenderness being a varying actor related to the constitution o the patient and also illness. %his phenomenon is similar to that o e(amining and grading bodily re le(es o the patient in neurological practice "here "ithout proper practice re le(es can not elicited. )agbhata adds to above in ormation that the *arma are the places "here pulsations (Spandanam) are ound along "ith some degree o tenderness.
4(amination o #msakoota
4(amination o #msapalaka
4(amination o kukundara
4(amination o $arshvasandhi
4(amination o +rikatika
4(amination o #dhipati
Treatment of Marma
The treatment to the prob ems of Marma can be superficia y understood under the fo o)ing categories+ I. The interna treatment given by ora and other routes. II. The treatments given oca y at the site of Marma III. Ho)ever+ third y the psycho ogica component shou d be remembered by the physician.
itiation in
*! The su*stance <uality of Marma relating to itiation 1which include the 6hatu of Marma3 c! The Srotas or Ashaya 1system3 to which the s&ecific Marma *elongs d! ,refera*ly, the s&ecific ty&e of 0ata 1out of the fi e3 which resides in that Marma!
(<oat bone :hasma) @ +acchapaprishta :hasma (%ortoise shell :hasma ) @ $eranda :hasma @ +apardhika :hasma @ *uktashukti :hasma ($earl shell :hasma) @ .aharmohar $ishti @ Aa&ata :hasma (Silver :hasma) @ Suvarna :hasma (<old :hasma) @ ,ava&eevana Aasa *arma <utika
4 ,al&ation of Marma locally, howe er, counts first in the treatment of Marma e2isting su&erficially! A&&lying comforta*le &ressure and stro(ing with fingers and &alms u&on the Marma sites is a *est way to treat them! The (nowledge of accu&ressure may *e hel&ful for the &ractitioners willing to use the (nowledge of Marma!
4 The re&lenishment of &hysical content of Marma is a *eneficial &oint *y @ogasana! 8owe er, the effect of @ogasana and ,ranayama are not limited to the &hysical e2ercises! They are closely related with mo ement of ,rana in different Nadi of the *ody! 4 The relati e terms li(e ,rana! Nadi and 0ata in res&ect of Marma are already discussed, there is no need to highlight ,rana $ Nadi Shudhi in the care of Marma! ,reser ation of ,rana through the control o er mental acti ities $ rela2ed state of *ody $ mind is an im&ortant as&ect, in the treatment of Marma too! 4 There are s&ecific Mudra which hel& in &urifying s&ecific Cha(ra in the *ody,so that the ,rana mo es freely in channels 1Nadi3 uno*structed!