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Siddha Medicine (Tamil Citta- or Tami?-maruttuvam) is a system of traditional medicine originating in Tamil Nadu in South India. The drugs used by the Siddhars could be classified into three groups: Thaavaram, Thaathu and Jangamam seeraga chooranam is a drug under the category of Thaavaram. It is a poly herbal formulation which is mentioned in the text Pullipanivaithyam 500 which has been therapeutically used for Pithanoigal, Kirukirupu, Vaanthi, Mayakkam, Ajeeranam, Kaangai, Veppam.Siddha system emphasis mainly on healthy long life by preventing ageing and degenerative disease with medicines having antioxidant activity. Even though this drug has been used based on traditional knowledge no scientific work has been done to evaluate the antioxidant properties of Seeraga choornam based on various in vitro assays. The study result confirmed that the drug Seeraga choornam has promising therapeutic antioxidant activity when compared with the standard drug. This research work can help for medical practitioners to use this polyherbal compound for the treatment of cancer.
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Infertility is a common problem of new age couples. It is affecting them psychologically and also affecting the harmony of the family. Among infertility couples, 40% was caused by male partner particularly by oligospermia. Literally oligospermia means insufficient number of spermatozoa in semen, but significantly, it means that oligospermia is a medical condition characterized by the total sperm count less than 20 million/ml of ejaculate. Extensive clinical researches are going on worldwide to treat oligospermia by utilizing various natural sources like plants, mineral and animal origin. Siddha medicine is having many formulations to treat oligospermia, one among them is Dhathu bushti chooranam described in Noigalukku Siddha Parigaram –a Sasthiric siddha literature. 10 male partners of infertility couples attending Sool mahalir maruthuvam OPD of the Ayothidoss Pandithar Hospital, National Institute of Siddha, Tambaram sanatorium, Chennai-47 were recruited for this pilot study. All patients were treated with 10 gm of Dhathu bushti chooranam twice a day with milk for 90 days. All patients were subjected to complete semenogram on 0th and 90th day of treatment. Results were observed by analyzing the semenogram parameters. The ingredients of Dhathu bushti chooranam are Salamisiri, Nilapanai kizhangu,Thaneervittan kizhangu, Poonaikaali vidhai, Boomisarkkarai kizhangu and most of them are having good spermatogenesis and aphrodiasic activities, hence the author selected this drug for this study. The efficacy of the trial drug Dhathu bushti chooranam was appreciable and the drug may be taken for clinical trial in large number of population.
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Worldwide, the overall prevalence of an ano rectal disease in the general population is estimated to be 4.4%. The faulty dietary pattern and life style , hereditary factors are important etiological factors of this disease. As per saint Yugi Moolam is classified as 21 types based on clinical symptoms and size, shape, colour of the pile mass which includes some of the ano-rectal diseases. The diet and deeds which influences the vital humors Vatham (Intestinal peristaltic movement ) and Pitham (metabolism and absorption) of food stuffs are said to be major causative factors of this disease. As per Yugi’s version the following ano rectal diseases under Moola noi have been categorized as, Neer moolam (Inflammatory bowel disease), Aazhi moolam (strangulated haemorrhoids), Sittru moolam (adenomatous colorectal polyps), Varal moolam (colorectal non- neoplastic polyps), Seezh moolam (kaposis sarcoma), Silaethuma moolam (anal warts condyloma), Thondha moolam (rectal cancer), Vinai moolam (irritable bowel syndrome), Powthira moolam (anal fistula), Kutha moolam (rectal prolapse), Ratha moolam (internal haemorrhoids 1st degree -bleeding piles), Mega moolam (gonococcal proctitis), Vaatha moolam (interno-external hemorrhoids), Pitha moolam (prolapsed haemorrhoids), Surukku moolam (anal stenosis), Mulai moolam (sentinel pile), Savvu moolam (perianal tuberclosis). This paper focuses the scientific basis of etiology and classification of Moolam by saint Yugi.