March 23rd, 2007 | admin

Thailam (Thaila) is Ayurvedic massage oil. There are hundreds of different types of thailam used for different purposes. Application of thaila by means of massage is equivalent to injecting medicines to the body. The massage helps the blood to absorb most of the content of the thaila directly to the blood and cure the areas of injury.

Sports medicine (kalaripayattu) used different types of thyla massages to bring forth flexibility to the body and in treating sports injuries by massaging.

Only a qualified person can give thaila massage as there are specific methods of applying pressure at limbs, torso, joints and neck. A wrong method can worsen the injury.

Thaila are prepared mainly with coconut oil as the base and boiled with many medicinal herbs. There are hundreds of thaila based on the herbs used and based on the purpose of the thaila.

Thaila of different types are available to cure arthritis pain, joint injuries, reshaping out of shape limbs, etc. Ayurveda practitioners in Kerala can treat broken limbs by proper massage and application of medicated oil. The broken bones are placed in the right manner. The pieces of bone are got to place by careful massage. The bones are then made immobile by tying some solid pieces of coconut leaves after wrapping them with cotton cloth dipped in medicated oil. In most cases the bone will fuse together in two or three weeks.

Thailas are extremely powerful. Thaila prepared for one specific function may not be beneficial in another case. Sometimes it can be even counter productive.