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Analysis of body constitution has been in practice in most complementary and alternative systems ofmedicine. Siddha system of medicine practiced in South India consists of fundamental classical literaturethat stress on the importance of tri-humoral makeup of individuals. Guidance has been given in theclassics for identifying specific types of body constitution, various dietary recommendations and diseasesusceptibility. In validating such important traditional fundamental aspects, analytical systematic literature framework is the first robust step. The present study has been conducted to provide an updatedintegrative framework of information about body constitution given in various Siddha literatures inquantitative systematic method by using Whittemore and Knafl's five stage approach. This descriptiveaccount may be useful to construct a suitable questionnaire for Siddha based udaliyal assessment.© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Institute of Transdisciplinary Health Sciencesand Technology and World Ayurveda Foundation. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-NDlicense (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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A chronic ulcer is that, which does not heal within three months. Diabetic, arterial and venous ulcers are the common cause for non-healing lower extremity ulcers. The prevalence of chronic leg ulcers is 0.6-3% in people over 60 years and 5% in those over 80 years. Here, we report a case series of 6 patients with chronic non-healing ulcers. All the 6 patients received topical application of Siddha medicine. ‘Leg Ulcer Measurement Tool (LUMT)’ scoring system was used to assess the severity, prognosis and for follow-up treatment. After the 6 weeks of treatment, 33% (n=2) have ulcer size more than 5cm, 16% (n=1) have exudate in their ulcers, none of them have necrotic tissues, leg edema and peri-ulcer affected skin in their ulcers. It was found that the patients treated with Siddha medicine have satisfactory improvement in the non-healing lower extremity ulcers