Pain can be described as any physical suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury. No matter however mild the pain is anywhere in the body it lands you in a state of discomfort and affects your day to day activities. Pain can present in various ways as throbbing pain in toothache, eye ache or a colic pain which comes in spasm as in renal calculi, gnawing pain in abdominal discomfort, muscular pain as in sprain, sports injury, joint pain due to swelling and many more; and our answer to this is a pain killer which on frequent usage also kills our resistance power.
Ayurveda explains the origin of pain is due to vitiated Vata dosha, once vata dosha is treated efficiently the pain subsides automatically.
Many people have a false belief that Ayurveda is no good in times of acute pain, Ayurvedic medicines should only be consumed in chronic illnesses and it always gives very slow results but the thing is they are unaware of the wonder management. Here are the various ways to kill pain.
Viddha is a sterile procedure of puncturing or piercing selected points with special hollow viddha needles. The immune system response this treatment by releasing endorphin that helps to reduce pain.
It is implied to give an instant and acute pain relief. It doesn’t require any internal medication as an additive to enhance its effect.
Viddha and Siravedha(bloodletting) is a part of Ayurvedic treatment along with other Ayurvedic treatments.
Many get confuse Viddha as an Acupuncture method. The principles used in Viddha are entirely different than Acupuncture. Viddha points are in relation to Marma points and uses particular viddha hollow needles for treatment. Viddha points are based on cell morphology as defined in Vaisheshik Darshan, a branch of philosophy accepted in Ayurveda.