Yugi’s Suryavartham and Frontoethmoidal sinusitis- A Comparative Review

Abstract

The Siddha system stands on its own basic pillars and concepts. One of them is Dosha. These doshas are responsible for physiological events in the body manifested as health and pathologically manifested as disease. Siddha pathology explains the changes in the body constitution (Udal iyal) influenced by the three vital forces called vatha, pitha, and kapha. Surya vartham is one of the vatha diseases. YUGI VAITHIYA CHINTHAMANI described the clinical manifestations of Surya Vartham in the literature. This article is an attempt to describe the correlation between the clinical symptoms of Suryavartham, which were given in the above text, and the symptoms of Frontoethmoidal sinusitis. These were done based on  the functions of  individual vatha subdivisions. Based on siddha pathology, it was noted that pranan, vyanan, koorman, nagan, and devathathan were said to be disrupted in Surya Vartham patients. A well-founded knowledge of interpreting diseases with the help of Siddha pathology would take our system to a more advanced level. This work is an attempt to document the pathology of Surya Vartham that might add an extra feather to the Siddha system’s crown, which has an unbowed pathology.