{"id":28872,"date":"2024-12-20T07:44:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T02:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28872"},"modified":"2025-04-08T22:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:16:12","slug":"varmam-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/varmam-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Varmam Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Varmam Therapy:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a unique and <strong>traditional healing modality<\/strong> within the <strong>Siddha system of medicine,<\/strong> and has long been revered for its effectiveness in treating various health conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Varmam therapy is a <strong>drugless, non-invasive, simple therapy<\/strong> used in pain management.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Varmam is the vital life energy point located in the human body and was identified as 108 points by the Siddhars.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is particularly renowned for its ability to provide rapid relief for <strong>musculoskeletal pain, injuries, and neurological disorders.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a scientifically grounded therapeutic practice used to treat acute and chronic diseases, including stroke, arthritis, and trauma-related injuries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance of the achievement:<\/strong> It serves as a testament to the growing global recognition of Siddha medicine and its healing potential.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key points of Siddha Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a traditional system of <strong>healing that originated in South India<\/strong> and is considered to be one of India\u2019s oldest systems of medicine.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Literary evidence of the Sangam Era states the origin of this system to around 10,000 BC.<\/li>\n<li>The system was <strong>built on the work of Siddhars,<\/strong> who were mostly from Tamil Nadu. It is called the Siddha medical system because of this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is a therapy?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a form of treatment that aims to help resolve mental or emotional issues. Many types of therapy are available, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure therapy, and psychodynamic therapy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2085869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Institute of Siddha Sets Guinness World Record for Mass Varmam Therapy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Varmam Therapy is a unique and traditional healing modality within the Siddha system of medicine, and has long been revered for its effectiveness in treating various health conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}