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As has been explained, Kalarippayattu is also a healing art
and a source of knowledge. Besides the movements for defense
and attack, a science to repair the damage with massage and
medication has been developed. In fact, nobody can be
Kalarippayattu Master without having perfected both: the art
of dis-empowerment and the art of re-empowerment of the
body.
Due to the prohibition of the practice under the British
Rule, the masters and disciples of this Marital Art worked
secretly in collaboration with the Yogasana's and
Marmavidya's Centres (Schools of Yoga and Ayurvedic Centres).
Despite the fact that Kalarippayattu had already developed a
science of its own for healing wounds, the medicinal aspect
fully flourished, at the same time that the spiritual
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In that sense, Kalarippayattu follows the ancient Ayurvedic
and Marma methods of massage, using the feet and hands to
spread herbal oils all over the body, to regain its vital
spots. These natural oils are made in the center in the
traditional way, and are different according to each
specific treatment. There are several treatment to heal many
kinds of pain: normal massages to improve the circulation
and the nervous and muscular systems; specific massages to
heal mental tensions, rheumatic diseases, blood pressure and
skin problems; and marma massages, to recuperate zones with
wounds or with pain such as broken bones, dislocations or
problems with the heating system. The Maruthi Marma Chikilsa
& Kalari Sangham offers all kind of treatments guaranteeing
the complete application of the traditional methods, Carried
on through generations from fathers to sons through the
centuries.
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