Review Article
Year: 2021 | Month: May | Volume: 11 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 140-145
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20210521
Drug Review on Siddha Drug - Thirikadugadhi Mandooram
Shakthi Priya M1, Essakky Pandian G2
1PG Scholar, Department of Gunapadam, 2Reader, Department of Gunapadam,
Government Siddha Medical College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Corresponding Author: Shakthi Priya M
ABSTRACT
Siddha system is an oldest system of traditional medicine originating in ancient Tamilnadu in South India. In Siddha system, medicine includes the herbal products, inorganic substances and animal products that lead to different formulations ranging from low shelf life drug to high shelf life drug. Thirikadugadhi Mandooram is a poly herbo-mineral formulation used to treat Anaemia, Jaundice, Anasarca, Fever, Tuberculosis. This review describes the phytochemicals, pharmacological action and medicinal uses of the part of each ingredient used in this formulation. Ingredients of the formulation and their pharmacological action in various research studies are discussed in this review. The details were collected from different Siddha texts and electronic databases. In conclusion the results of the review revealed that the pharmacological action and the medicinal uses of drug were perfectly matched with each ingredients of formulation.
Key words: Siddha system, Thirikadugadhi Mandooram, review.