Venkatraman Manjari, Karuppan Kalaivanan, Murugappa Nithyashree, Karthikeyan Harishma, Balasubramani Abarna
Department of Nanju Maruthuvam, National Institute of Siddha, Chennai - 600047, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Siddha Medicine, Government Primary Health Centre, Tiruvannamalai (Dt) - 604402, Tamil Nadu, India.
Bioinformation. 2025 Feb 28;21(2):199-204. doi: 10.6026/973206300210199. eCollection 2025.
Cervical spondylosis is a degenerative condition affecting the intervertebral discs and vertebral bodies of the neck, causing pain, stiffness and neurological symptoms. Cervical spondylosis is closely associated with Ceganavatham, where pain management is the primary treatment focus in Siddha medicine. Varmam therapy is a traditional Siddha technique that was applied to 10 patients with Ceganavatham using selected pressure points once every two days for 12 sessions. Pain and disability levels were measured using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and Neck Disability Index (NDI) before, during and after treatment. The results showed a significant reduction in pain and disability, suggesting that Varmam therapy is an effective treatment for Ceganavatham. It should be noted that further studies are needed for validation.
颈椎病是一种影响颈部椎间盘和椎体的退行性疾病，会导致疼痛、僵硬和神经症状。颈椎病与Ceganavatham密切相关，在悉达医学中，疼痛管理是主要的治疗重点。Varmam疗法是一种传统的悉达技术，对10名患有Ceganavatham的患者每两天使用选定的穴位进行一次治疗，共进行12次疗程。在治疗前、治疗期间和治疗后，使用数字疼痛评分量表（NPRS）和颈部功能障碍指数（NDI）测量疼痛和残疾程度。结果显示疼痛和残疾程度显著降低，表明Varmam疗法是治疗Ceganavatham的有效方法。需要注意的是，还需要进一步的研究来进行验证。
