Faculty of Siddha Medicine

Manitha Uyiriyal

About Us

The Department of Manitha Uyiriyal is committed to making a significant contribution to undergraduate training. The department aims to excel in research and deliver education of the highest quality to students. We teach undergraduate Siddha Medical curriculum, with a teaching commitment in the form of lectures, small group discussions and activities, problem-based learning, interdisciplinary staff seminars and laboratory practical and demonstration sessions. The teaching faculty consists of academics with expertise in diverse fields and sub specialties from other faculties as well. They have a broad spectrum of research interests.

Key Areas of Focus:
The department encompasses three primary subjects:

Udalkootriyal

Udalkootriyal macroscopic provides the clinician a better understanding of diseases, as it forms the basis of a physical examination and the imaging techniques used for diagnosis.

Udaltholiliyal

Udaltholiliyal unit is dedicated to helping siddha medical students to understand how the human body works through the fundamental physiological processes and translating these to clinical practice

Uyir rasayanaviyal

Uyirrasayanaviyal describes chemical structures, mechanisms and chemical processes that provide living organisms & their various underlying organizational theories, the collection of principles which we collectively describe as the molecular reasoning of life.