Urumi-kalam

Solar-plexus / epigastric point — padu-varmam

Urumi-kalam is one of the padu-varmam names used for the epigastric or solar-plexus field below the xiphoid and above the navel. ‘Solar plexus’ is a modern descriptive gloss for the rendered region; the Tamil vaasi teaching and its effects are not being reduced to a biomedical nerve plexus.

Thilartha-kalamAdaippu / Adappu-kalamNatchathira-kalam (right)Natchathira-kalam (left)Urakka-kalamThummi / Thivalai-kalam (right)Thummi / Thivalai-kalam (left)Ner / Neru-varmamUrumi-kalamUrumi-kalamNabhi / Nābhi-varmamPeriya Atthi-churukki (right)Siriya Atthi-churukki (left)Kallidayam / Kalladai-kalamMudavu-varmam (right)Kuthi-kal varmam (right)Kuthi-kal varmam (left)

Point 9 of 16 in Varmam / Varma Kalai — Tamil Vital Points

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

K. Arumugam et al., ‘Regional Anatomical Study of Padu Varmam Points’ (scholarly_modern)

T. Vetrivel, Varmam research institute teaching materials (secondary)

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