News Letter July 2011

TMK-ACTIVITIES

 MEDICAL INTERVENTION & HERBAL TRAINING

              TMK continues its medical intervention to the children affected with cerebral palsy & mental retardation in PCTC Tiruvanamalai by providing monthly medical check up and siddha treatment and also imparting training to the staff for the preparation of herbal food and simple Herbal medicines.  In the  past three months training to prepare ‘kuppaimeni thilam,mathan thylam,birami malt, and urai mathirai’ were given to the staff there.

  Staffs were given training in the management of skin disease, respiratory infections, digestive problems, and Epilepsy.

Preparation of Herbal food recipes like ‘inji thenooral, poondu then, nellikai tonic and thoothuvalai thuvayal were also demonstrated and the staff were trained in these preparations.

MEDICINE PREPARATION:

It is to be noted here that TMK conducts medicine preparation classes every Sunday.

Classes on the topics ‘karpam’, ‘Vatha disease’, ‘History of Siddha medicine’, ‘Renal stone’, and ‘Thotrakirama aaraich’ were taken by Dr.D.Velayudam on 26^th June, 3^rd and 17^th of July  2011 , in such a manner  as to instill and nourish  the general and technical knowledge.

Practical classes on, Teeka malli thylam, Kalladaipu nei, Anda lehyam, Inji then ooral, Seeragathi chooranam, Moosambara mezhugu and Kazharchi mathirai  were conducted by the members of Tamizh Maruthuva Kazhagam and the importance and  therapeutic uses of the above medicines were discussed .