Śiro-abhyaṅga — head and crown focus

Head oiling / śiras proxy

The head focus represents śiro-abhyaṅga, the traditional head-oiling emphasis, and is drawn near the crown for a readable front silhouette. It is a target-organ projection of an oil-and-region classification, not a claim that oil application at one point treats the brain or a fixed marma.

Śiro-abhyaṅga — head and crown focusŚiro-abhyaṅga — head and crown focusKarṇa-abhyaṅga — ear focusHṛdaya-adjacent chest focusNābhi-adjacent abdominal focusKaṭi-adjacent pelvic focusTala-hṛdaya-adjacent hand focusJānu-adjacent knee focusPāda-abhyaṅga — foot focus

Point 1 of 8 in Abhyaṅga — Oil Massage and Marma-Adjacent Foci

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Caraka Saṃhitā (primary_canonical)

Sūtrasthāna 5 describes oiling of the head in the daily regimen; the normalized crown point is an editorial proxy.

Suśruta Saṃhitā (primary_canonical)

Śārīrasthāna 6 classifies head and cranial vital regions among the marmas; this file places the oiling focus adjacent to, not as a replacement for, that classification.

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