Review Article
Year: 2021 | Month: May | Volume: 11 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 146-150
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20210522
Therapeutic Effectiveness of a Siddha Formulation Arootha Chooranam: A Review
Jayashree K1, Kingsly A2
1PG Scholar, Department of Gunapadam, 2Reader, Department of Gunapadam,
Government Siddha Medical College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Corresponding Author: Jayashree K
ABSTRACT
Siddha system of medicine is the one of the ancient system of medical practiced among Tamil speaking community. The medicine in this system prepared from raw drug from only herbals. Arootha chooranam is a herbal preparation with ingredients of 9 herbals. It’s used to treat the sexual desire disease particularly for indiriyanastam [pre mature ejaculation]. This review is aimed to bring out scientific evidence for the therapeutic usage of Arootha chooranam and focused on the pharmacological activity for the curative nature of the drug. Most of the drugs have anti-oxidant activity and anti-infertility, spermatogenesis, Aphrodisiac activity hence justifying its usage in above mentioned disease.
Key words: Siddha medicine, Arootha chooranam, indiriyanastam, pharmacological activity.