there are certain points in head and neck, which are used to treat several diseases in anceint indian medical sciences. A glimpse into them with videos of treatment

1. Clinicalsignificanceof
vitalpointsofhead&neck
(marma & varma)
inshalakya
 DR. UDAYA SHANKAR, MD(Ayu)
 Medical Director, Benaka Health Centre, Madikeri, Karnataka
 Prof in ShalakyaTantra, KVGAyurvedicCollege, Sullia, Karnataka

3. Pancha
mahabhuta
tridosha
manas
prana

4. 25 marmas in 10 locations in head
12 marmas in 2 locations in neck

6. Headache
¡ Migraine Headache
¡ Frontal Headache
¡ Sinusitis
¡ nasal discharge
B. asthma
¡ Eye Diseases
¡ Loss of Memory
¡ Mental Stress
¡ Insomnia
¡ Snoring
¡ Endocrine Disorders
¡ Prostate enlargement
¡ fertility
¡ Uterine Disorders
Tilaartha varmam

7.  Mental disorders
 ¡ Insomnia
 ¡ Vertigo
 ¡ Sinusitis
 ¡ Rhinorrhoea
 ¡ Epistaxis
 ¡ Epilepsy
 ¡ Migraine Headache
 ¡ Frontal Headache
 ¡ Pituitary dysfunction
 ¡ Pineal dysfunction
UTCHIVERMAM

8. poo-chanti vermam ¡ Relieving Varma-Trauma during
upward pressure
¡ Cures Eye diseases during downward
pressure
¡ Relieves Frontal sinusitis during
outward pressure
¡ Cures Facial Paralysis during inward
pressure
¡ Insomnia
¡ Eye diseases
¡ Headache
¡ Frontal Headache
¡ Mental Stress

9. Pin-VettiVarmam
 ¡ Rhinorhoea
 ¡ Sinusitis
 ¡ Facial paralysis
 ¡ Trigeminal
 neuralgia
 ¡ Lock Jaw
 ¡ Toothache

10. KomperiVarmam
 Rhinorhoea
 Nasal Obstruction
 Sinusitis
 Epistaxis

11. KannadiVarmam
 BlurredVision
 Epistaxis
 Sinusitis

12. 4 Varma points related with ear

13. PoikaiVarmam
 ¡ Tinnitus
 ¡ Facial paralysis
 ¡ Frontal Headache
 ¡ Headache
 ¡ Migraine Headache
 ¡ Trigeminal Neuralgia
 ¡ Lock jaw
 ¡ Dyspnoea
 ¡ Unconsciousness
 ¡ Endocrine disorders
 ¡ Genital disorders
 ¡ Uterine disorders

14. Chevi-KuthiVarmam
 ¡ Ear diseases
 ¡ Deafness
 ¡ Tinnitus
 ¡ Otitis media
 ¡ Facial Paralysis
 ¡ Migraine Headache
 ¡ Vertigo
 ¡ Unconsciousness

15. Kurunthu-kuthiVarmam
 ¡ Ear diseases
 ¡ Deafness
 ¡ Tinnitus
 ¡ Toothache
 ¡ Trigeminal
 ¡ Neuralgia
 ¡ Facial paralysis

16. AlavaadiVarmam
 ¡ Deafness
 ¡ Tinnitus
 ¡ Facial paralysis
 ¡ Toothache
 ¡ Tastelessness

17. VarmaforDizzinessControl
1. Cheeraum kolli varmam –
lambda of skull
2. Ottu varmam – mid point of
lower border of mandible
3. Utchi varmam- bregma of skull
4. Chevi kuthi varmam –
5. Urakka varmam – sleeping
varma point in the neck
6. Karandai moli poruthu varmam-
ankle bone joint varma point
7. Kaal nerukku varmam (big toe
and index finger web)

18. BalaVarmam
 Headache, Parietal Headache, Sinusitis
 Loss of Memory

19. PidariVarmam
 ¡ Pain and Stiffness in
neck
 Mental disorders
 Headache
 ¡ Occipital Headache
 ¡ Common Cold
 ¡ Epistaxis
 ¡ Sore throat
 ¡ Blurred vision
 ¡ Hemiplegia
 ¡ Insomnia

20. Valai-MudinthaVarmam
 ¡ Pain and Stiffness
 in the neck
 ¡ Neuralgic pain in
the upper and lower
limbs
 ¡ Mental disorders
 ¡ Sore throat
 ¡ Tongue paralysis
 ¡ Difficult to speak

21. NeddiVarmam
 ¡ Insomnia & Mental
stress
 ¡ Pain and Stiffness of
neck
 Painful upper &lower
limbs
 ¡ Shoulder pain
 ¡ Headache
 ¡ Occipital Headache
 ¡ Common Cold

22. Mun-NaakkuThalliVarmam

 Stammering
 Tastelessness
 Tongue
paralysis

23. Pin-KaluthuNadukkuVarmam
 Pain and Stiffness
in the neck
 Shoulder pain
 Pain in the upper
limb
 Speech disorders

24. Pakka-KaluthuNadukkuVarmam
 Asthma
 Bronchitis
 SoreThroat
 Diabetes mellitus
 Pain in the neck
 Deafness

25. ThummiVarmam
 ¡ Sneezing
 ¡ Cough
 ¡ Allergic dry
Cough
 ¡ Bronchial Asthma

26. UrakkaVarmam
 ¡ Stammering
 ¡ SoreThroat
 ¡ Vertigo
 ¡ Mental Stress
 ¡ Insomnia
 ¡ Hypertension
 ¡ Bronchial
Asthma

27. Commoncold–VermaPoints
Tilarda,Utchi ,Pinvetti, Komperi,Pidari,Neddi and Kuli poottu elumbu varmam

28. Sinusitis-VermaPoints
Tilarda varmam
Utchi varmam
Pinvetti varmam
Komperi varmam
Poo chanti varmam
Bala varmam
Kannadi varmam
Kai-kavali varmam

29. Kaikavalivarma
forsinus

30. Nasalallergy
 Cheerum kolli
varmam
 Thummi varmam
 Kuli poottu thall
elumbu varmam

31. Commonmanipulationsofvarma
 By applying pressure- continuously or
intermittently
 By circular motions- clockwise and
anticlockwise
 Pulling the concerned joints with a single jerk

32. Uncommonmanipulationsofvarma

33. CONCLUSION
Vital points can be manipulated in Shalakya
as
 Independent therapy
 Complimentary therapy

34.  To the patients who underwent these
manipulations at KVG Ayurvedic College,
Sullia and BENAKA HEALTH CENTRE,
Madikeri
 To the management, Principal and staff
members who co operated for this treatment
 To the organizers of SHALAKYA MANTHAN
 SpecialThanks to my VermaTeacher
SHRI RAMESH S K BABU,
(kalpa verma remedy)