Critical Review of Marma W.S.R to Shankha Marma

Marmas are a common topic in three great Ayurveda classics of Charak, Sushruta and Vagbhatta, which provides awealth of information on their location, function and application. Ayurveda considered some vital parts of body as Prana sthana (where life resides) & these vital points termed as Marma. The injury to these Marma points may be responsible for serious consequences, while use of Marma therapy help to treat many pathological conditions and the major advantage of Marma therapy is that it is a non invasive therapy. The classical text of ayurveda described 107 Marmas points.