Abstract

MANAGEMENT OF CHOTTU NEER (URINARY INCONTINENCE) WITH VARMAM THERAPY

T. Porselvi*, G. Saraswathi, M. Mahalakshmi, M. Kodeeswaran and N. Shunmugom

Abstract

Urinary incontinence (aconuresis) is any involuntary leakage of urine causing social stigma. According to Siddha literatures Urinary incontinence is termed “chottu neer or chottu muthiram”. The causative factors, symptoms and medicinal remedies for Urinary incontinence were explained detailed in the Siddha literature. Varmam therapy is the drugless theraphy and a special medicine of Siddha medical System contributed by the siddhars for promoting the human health. Subtle energy that functions in the body is known as Varmam. Those places where this energy resides and activates both body and life are varma points. In this clinical study we stimulated therapeutically varmam therapy for the management of urinary incontinence. For this clinical study we selected 65 patients (17 male, 29 female and 19 children) in the age group 5-80 years. Therapy was given twice a week, from four week to one year. After the treatment we concluded that treatment was found effective against stress incontinence, urge incontinence, overflow incontinence, functional incontinance and bed wetting and it gave 93.85% excellent results.

Keywords: Urinary incontinence, Siddha, Varmam therapy, Literature, clinical study.