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The Siddha system is
capable of treating all types of disease other than emergency cases. In
general this system is effective in treating all types of skin problems
particularly Psoriasis, STD, urinary tract infections, diseases of
liver and gastro intestinal tract, general debility, postpartum
anaemia, diarrhoea and general fevers in addition to arthritis and
allergic disorders.
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In
Siddha system chemistry had been found well developed into a science
auxillary to medicine and alchemy. It was found useful in the
preparation of medicine as well as in transmutation of basic metals
into gold. The knowledge of plants and mineral were of very high
order and they were fully acquainted with almost all the branches of
science. The Siddhars were also aware of several alchemical
operations divided into several processes such as – calcinations,
sublimation, distillation, fusion, separation conjunction or
combination,
congelation, cibation, fermentation, exaltation i.e. the action or
process of refining gold, fixation i.e. bringing to the condition of
being non-volatile i.e. to the state of resisting the action of fire,
purification, incineration of metals, liquifaction, extraction and so
on.
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Even cupellation of gold and silver which is an essential process in Alchemy in which is claimed to have been discovered by the Arabs, was known to the Siddhars long long before.
They were even polypharmacists and as such were engaged in boiling, dissolving, precipitating and coagulating chemical substances. Some of their secret methods, especially those in fixing and consolidating certain volatile substances that could not resist the action of fire, such as Mercury, Sulphur, Orpiment, Vermilion, Arsenic etc. continue still a mystery. |
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