Nila, Manya and Sira Matrika Marma
Published Date: 9/18/2021 1:58:07 AM
- Nila means 'blue', and the name is derived from the blue translucent neck veins. The Throat Chakra is controlled by Nila. Manya means glory (which is bestowed on someone who is allowed to give a speech) but also 'jaw', which describes the location. Sira Matrika means mother of the blood vessels and is an inner Marma that governs the blood vessels of the neck; it consists of four areas on each side of the neck along the carotid arteries.
- Application: Nila: Thyroid disease, speech disturbance, hoarseness, swallowing problems, sorrow, or anger that cannot be expressed or isn’t allowed to shout out.
- Manya: heavy tongue, the excess flow of saliva or dry mouth, indigestion in stomach, colon, and small intestine.
- Sira Matrika: autonomic dysfunction in the neck and circulatory disorders of the head. Please see the image below, Sira Matrika marma is very important as it is responsible for proper blood circulation to all key areas in our heads. That is why when we have injured in the sira Matrika marmas in our neck, it can lead to immediate death.
- Significance: Nila is the Marma of language and free expression. It watches over everything that needs to be expressed in speech and action, from inside to outside. This Marma is disturbed when we have to swallow grief when anger sits in the throat, or with the constricted feeling in the throat that we have when, weeping is suppressed. In contrast, Manya has control over the tongue as the taste organ and also the glands that moisten it. Sira Matrika guards over the blood supply to the thyroid gland and the head.
- Control function: Nila controls the throat Chakra, the thyroid gland, blood circulation to the brain, and speech. It ignites metabolism, stimulates circulation, and regulates blood flow to the skin (Brajaka). The meridians of the stomach, small intestine, and colon which are controlled by this Marma, as well as the salivary glands, all run through Manya. Manya controls the water element and has predominantly Kapha features.