Food, which is as essential as air is needed for the life of all living organisms including human beings. Siththars also noted the importance of the food in their songs. We can also quote some of our ancestral quotes like ‘food is medicine, medicine as food’ as an example.
Agathiyar in his book ‘Vallaathi’ noted the process of food deposition in human body in his poem as follows:
சொன்னோமே யின்னமொரு சூட்சங் கேளு
sonnoamao yinnamoru sootchang kaelu
சொல்லுவேன் பொசித்ததெல்லா மாறு பங்காய்
solluvaen posiththathellaa maaru pangaai
முன்னேதான் மலத்திலொன்று மூத்திரத்தி லொன்று
munnaethaan malaththilonru mooththiraththi lonru
மூளுமே தசையிலொன்று விந்தி லொன்று
moolumae thasaiyilonru vinthi lonru
தன்னேதான் மூளைதனி லொன்று சேரும்
thannaethaan moolaithani lonru saerum
சார்ந்திடுமே உதிரத்தி லொன்று மாக
saarnthidumae uthiraththil lonru maaka
மன்னேதான் சயகாச யேக ரோகி
mannanaethaan sayakaasa yaeka roaki
வலுவான அதிசாரம் வந்த பேர்க்கே
valuvaana athisaaram vantha paerkkae.
வந்தபெருங் கிராணி குன்மம் எலும்பு ருக்கி
vanthaperung kiraani kunmm elumbu rukki
வாங்காத கரத்தோர்களின் சாத்திய ரோகி
vaangaatha karaththoarkalin saaththiya roaki
பந்தமுறத் தின்றதொன்று மாறி லப்பா
panthmurath thinrathonru maari lappaa
பாலகனே நோயருந்தும் பாரு பாரு
paalakanae noayarunthum paaru paaru
உந்தனுட விந்தழிந்தால் யெல்லாம் போச்சு
unthanuda vinthazinthaal yellaam pochu
உண்டதெல்லாம் பாழாச்சு உறவும் போச்சு
undathellaam pazhaachu uravum poachu
விந்துதனை இழந்துபல பிணிக்குள் ளாகி
vinthuthanai izhanthupala pinikkul laaki
மெலிந்துகெட்டுப் போகாமல் விள்ளு வேனே
melinthukettup poakaamal villu vaene.
Among the composition of food intakes, it gets divided as six forms. One part becomes the waste and gets excreted. Second part gets urinated out. Third part gets absorbed by muscles. Fourth part gets deposited at vinthu/naatham. Fifth part gets annihilated to brain and finally sixth part gets deposited into blood.
If the food is taken in the above right composition, then body becomes good and healthy. However, Agathiyar says, health become degraded if there is any change in the above said process. Irritable bowel syndrome, chronic dyspepsia, tuberculosis like diseases will come due to above said problem. Due to this, vinthu will also get destroyed. Hence it also induces other health problems which might ultimately make our food to go waste.
Alright! What we can do, if the food proportion get undivided properly?
Agathiyar gave us a solution for that problem too. One should effectively make poorana vallathi sooranam and should take it which will clear all the above said problems and body will become healthy. One can get this medicine from good Siddha doctor.
Original – www.siththarkal.com
Translated by Lalithambika Rajasekaran
