Medicine & Surgery
Siddha system of medicine
early centuries CE onwardSiddhar tradition (Tamil)Tamil Siddha textsTamil Nadu
1 CE
A South Indian medical system using herbs and minerals, transmitted in Tamil.
- Dated
- 1–300 CE
- As scholars put it
- early centuries CE onward
- Originator
- Siddhar tradition (Tamil)
- Source text
- Tamil Siddha texts
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Discipline
- Medicine & Surgery
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
A distinct traditional medicine, like Ayurveda.
Fair to say
A historical medical system; clinical efficacy is a separate question.
Path to modern innovation
Still practised; studied in ethnomedicine.
Transmission
Indigenous Tamil tradition.
References
- 1Standard references on Siddha medicine
Further reading
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