ABSTRACT
Siddhars said about various diseases and the treatment methods with herbs, minerals and animal products. In Siddha literatures viral fevers can be compared to Vatha Kapha Suram and therefore decoction for this Suram is taken from classical Siddha text book and the ingredients are searched for pharmacological activity and toxicity study from 118 published journal papers from Pubmed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Research Gate and Science Direct. Collected data is entered in MS excel and analysed using RFC score. All together there are 51 pharmacological activities are published for these nine ingredients. In which Anti-inflammatory has RFC=1, other properties like antipyretic, anti-tussive, bronchodialator, anti-asthmatic, analgesic, neuro-regenerative, neuroprotective, anti-diarrhoeal, anti-emetic, neuroprotective, analgesic, sedative has more than 0.55 RFC score. More than this cardioprotective, renoprotective, hepatoprotective, and other protective properties are present in more than 50% of ingredients. In toxicity studies no toxic effects are seen in in vivo studies for the ingredients The Suvai, Thanmai, Pirivu, in Siddha aspect, of these ingredients can highly reduces Vatha and Kapha disorders. Therefore, the decoction shows significant pharmacological activity for the sign and symptoms of viral infections.
ABSTRACT
Fever (also known as pyrexia or a febrile response) is defined as a body temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the temperature regulatory set-point. In Siddha medicine fever is considered as a disease which is caused by body heat. According to Sage Theraiyar, the primary cause for fever is 慉amam� or 慡eetham� which means an upset in the normal gastrointestinal function could be because of dysbiosis, indigestion, dyspepsia etc. Nowadays fever is emerged as an important indicator for infectious disease and a resource for research. In Siddha system of medicine, there are many herbal drugs that are used as antipyretic ingredients in many formulations. Siddha medicine has a wealth of remedies for the treatment of fever and associated conditions. Among them, herbs like Andrographis paniculata, Cedrus deodara have antimalarial activity. Polyherbal decoction Nilavembu kudineer is administered for Chikungunya, swine flu and dengue. Here an attempt has been made to explore the concepts of fever and some common varieties of herbal medicines used for the treatment of fever in Siddha. This article reviews the anti pyretic activity of the commonly used herbs in Siddha medicine.