Ayurveda Secret Marma Therapy Massage/Self Healing Course

107 Points to Healing

Marma therapy utilizes 107 points or “doorways” into the body and consciousness. The mind is considered as the 108th marma.

Major marma points correspond to the seven chakras, or energy centers of the body, while minor points radiate out along the torso and limbs. These points range in size from one to six inches in diameter. The points were mapped out in detail centuries ago in the ‘ Sushruta Samhita ’, a classic Ayurvedic text.

The points cover both the front and back of the body, including

22 on the lower extremities

22 on the arms

12 on the chest and stomach

14 on the back, &

37 on the head and neck

Knowledge and information about Talahridaya Marma. How to Identify, treat, Massage this Marma for Treatments/ Self Healing.

People suffering from diseases related to chest like the common cold, chronic cough, interstitial lung diseases, allergic bronchitis, bronchial asthma can easily get relief by stimulating two marmas which are located in the chest two fingers below the nipple i.e stanamoola marma and two fingers above the nipple are stanarohita marma.

Kshipra marma is situated at the webspace of the thumb and index finger of both hands as well as legs. By applying pressure about 15-18 times over the kshipra marma you can get relief from the diseases related to neck, thyroiditis, tonsillitis, oesophagitis, pain in legs, convulsions and many more.

Maladies like common cold, sinusitis, rhinitis (runny nose) makes you hard to breathe thus leaving you with heavy head, headache, sluggishness and irritation. Stimulation of fana marma that is present on the base of nose on either side helps you to relieve blocked nose and is beneficial in above disorders.

Marma point located four fingers above elbow/knee in both arms and legs is called as ani marma similarly marma point that is located four fingers above the Ani marma in both arms and legs respectively is Urvi marma. Proper stimulation of these marmas helps in curing edematous and inflammatory processes in both upper and lower limbs besides also increase the work efficiency of thorax organs like heart, lungs, oesophagus.

Kurpara means elbow therefore the marma point situated at the elbow is called as kurpara marma. These are of two types internal as well as external which are stimulated simultaneously. The organs between the navel and hridaya plus all the diseases related to liver, gallbladder, stomach, spleen, pancreas like diabetes, hepatitis, cholestasis can be cured by stimulation of kurpara marma.

When a person is in unconscious state we start rubbing the feet and hands of the person. Think for a while why hands and feet of the person are rubbed unknowingly we are stimulating the marma points located in the bottom of hand and feet. The stimulation of marma points is also very beneficial in diseases related to heart like hypotension, hypertension, epilepsy, seizure disorders.

Marma therapy is gaining popularity as an effective and rapidacting way of treatment. For effective marma therapy, diagnosis of disease and proper technique application is mandatory. It gives prompt results in different kinds of muscular, ligament, joint and nerve pains, tingling sensation, inflammation and heaviness. Marma therapy gives response in many other diseases in due course of time. Marma therapy is more effective than the conventional techniques like acupressure and others.However, being a rapid-acting technique, it should be performed very carefully. If not, there may be some complications and results may be variable. In other similar techniques like acupressure sometimes there is delayed response but it does not confer any adverse symptoms. Contrary marma points are very powerful, so in self-marma therapy and marma therapy for diseases, to get the best results some precautions are always advisable. Where proper precautions and procedures are followed accidents and complications in marma therapy are neither serious nor frequent.In a daily routine of self-marma practice, accidents are uncommon but in marma therapy administered by another person, accidents are more likely to occur because of lack of experience, overlooking the type of marma, excessive pressure exertion over the marma point. In all these conditions where there is any complication like vertigo, vomiting, desensitization of body part, severe pain, unconsciousness, immediate medical help is required.

It is advisable that those doctors who are engaged in regular practice of advanced marma therapy should be capable of managing these emergencies. To avoid accidents one should keep the following things in mind.

1. One should learn marma therapy properly with the practical training under the guidance of well-known experts of marma science.

2. One should keep the anatomical structure of particular marma in mind and exert pressure accordingly. For example sira marma should not be treated as asthi marma. Maximum pressure should be applied or exerted on sandhi, asthi, mansa, snayu marma but sira marmas should not be pressed forcibly. Gentle massage in upward, downward and from center to periphery directions should be done at the site of sira marma. Any extra pressure over the sira marma may give rise to complications. Especially the marma of the neck and head should be treated carefully and gently. Tappings, rubbing, knocking, gentle touch, alternate gentle pressure and release, application of medicated oil, paste are the methods of treating these marma.

3. The patient should be in sitting, upright or lying down position on a hard bed. Especially in severe condition marma therapy should be given in lying down position. In some cases of severe cervical lesions, pressure exerted in sitting posture over the marmas of upper extremity may lead to severe vertigo, nausea, vomiting and unconsciousness. This is more common in female patients. During marma therapy one should keep watching the facial expression of the patient.

Exertion of pressure on marma should be avoided immediately when the patient feels agonizing pain and discomfort.

Immediate medical help or following measures are needed for recovery.

1. Immediately place the patient in recumbent position on the bed or floor.

2. Try to lift the legs and keep the head end low.

3. Try to make proper ventilation.

4. Initiate the talahridaya marma and rubbing of palm and sole.

5. Massage the sides of neck in upward direction gently.

By following the above precautions, one may successfully take advantage of this powerful science of marma and marma therapy.