Abstract

Medical astrology is a science that demands knowledge of both Astrology and Medicine. It deals with the medical aspect of astrology. The Siddha medical - astrology is the combination of medical concepts inseparable with astrological influence over the health & disease of the individual. Astrology is the branch of siddha system of medicine, if medical astrology is co-ordinated with system of medicine, it will give us better results. Literature reviews gives a conceptual framework for starting a research or planning a project. Literature review says that what has already been done in the field and where the lack is and may help to explore new ideas related to the topic. So a wide literature analysis was planned on Maruthuva Sothidaviyal to explore the diagnostic tool in an elaborated way. In this paper, various point of thoughts of various siddhars about Maruthuva Sothidaviyal were discussed. This review of literatures on Maruthuva Sothidaviyal was done to explore the diagnostic tool in an elaborated way.