Postulation of Siddha Tri-Humoural Vitiation in Pathogenesis of Novel Corona Virus Disease

Abstract

Background: Novel Coronavirus disease has emerged as a pandemic outbreak all over the world as declared by WHO on March 12, 2020. The outbreak has opened a new platform in the application of ancient knowledge of the Siddha system of medicine in treatment, management, and prevention of this prevailing pandemic emergency era. As the disease has no specific proven treatment, the severity and mortality rate of No-Cov disease is increasing rapidly day by day, causing a great panic among the public. According to Siddha science, any vitiation in the life force is the main of cause diseases in human beings. Pandemic diseases caused due to infectious microorganisms are coined ‘Kollai Noigal’ in various Siddha literature. To prevent the spread of this pandemic diseases, various preventive measures have been described. Aim and objective: To categorize the Novel Coronavirus disease based on the Siddha Humoural principles and To elicit the changes of Ninety-six Thatthuvam (Ninety - six basic principles), Uyir Thathukkal and Udal Thathukkal. Materials and methods: This study is carried out mainly by literature research. Various Siddha texts such as Sattamuni gnanam, Agathiyar Gunavagadam, Agathiyar vallathi Naadi, Theraiyar Sekarappa, Siddha maruthuvanaga churukkam, etc. Various COVID 19 research articles were critically reviewed from Scopus, Pubmed, Google Scholar, etc. Discussion: By critically reviewing the signs and symptoms of COVID-19 with Siddha science, the authors mainly throw light on the involvement of all basic components of the three thodam particularly Mukkuttram verupadu (Tri humoral vitiation) in eliciting the pathogenesis of the disease. Conclusion: In this scientific review, the authors have attempted to comprehend the pathogenesis of Novel coronavirus disease in the context of Siddha's basic principles.