Ayurvedic Marman
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Figure 5 illustrates the similarities found within the three divisional systems of Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. According to Ayurveda, the chest “houses” the influence of the lungs and heart, and therefore requires the nourishing effect of kapha dosha which is seen to reside in the region of the chest. The area below the navel is considered to be heavy and viscous by nature and requires the light, elevating influence of vata dosha which is said to reside in the hypogastric region.
In the Chinese model, Earth (Middle Heater) is placed at the centre (see Figure 5) and the channel system is thought to be generated by Heaven, Earth and Humanity, manifest within the body as the Three Heaters (Unschuld, 1986). In the Ayurvedic model, the 15 subdoshas are controlled by the three doshas and, in particular, the movements of vata (vayu). The distribution of vata dosha throughout the body is maintained by the five vayu subdoshas, which are allocated to five body regions (see Figure 6).
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