Navel displacement

Diagnosis and treatment

Determining whether the navel is displaced is done by the following procedure:

1. The person concerned lies on the back with legs straightened.
2. Another person measures the distance between the navel center to the left and right toes of the person lying down.
3. If both distances are not equal, the navel is said to be displaced.

Diagnosis of such a condition is common in some parts of North India. The diagnosis is made by villager healers, who recite mantras, tie roots to the afflicted body, or draw the chalk outline of another, centred-navel body on the ground as cures. Proper practice of yoga is also considered to be a way to realign the navel.