A Clinical Evaluation of Seenthil Kudineer a Siddha drug in the treatment of Kattumantham (Dyspepsia)

Mantham is one of the diseases mentioned in Balavagadam and it is classified into 21 types. It illustrate that when mother feeds baby after having foods like mangoes, jack fruit and oily foods etc, may affect childs health mentally and physically. As per siddha literature kattu mantham is one among the 21 types of mantham. It is common in children between the ages of 1 to 3 years. According to T.V.Sambasivampillai Tamil-English dictionary , kattumantham is a disease in children arising from constipation. It is marked by indigestion, stomach pain, cough, fever, yawning, perspiration etc. It may be correlated with dyspepsia in modern science. Functional dyspepsia is defined as persistant or recurrent pain or discomfort centered in the abdomen, without evidence or organic disease. It is a functional disease in which the gastrointestinal organ primarily the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine & colon function abnormally.The primary symptom of dyspepsia are upper abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, early satiety and these symptoms are most often provoked by eating. The incidence of dyspepsia in children above one year is 85% in pediatric population. In the Out patient department of Ayodhidoss Pandithar hospital, National Institute of Siddha around 1500 patients is visiting every day for treatment for various ailments. Among them, 3 - 5% of patients is in pediatric group and is mostly affected by common digestive problem. As no objective structural or pathophysiological measure exist to assess outcome one has to rely on the subjective reporting of symptoms by the patients and their impact on normal daily activities to decide whether a treatment intervention is of benefit or not. In Balavagadam, there is a Sastric Siddha formulation seenthil kudineer for KattuMantham(dyspepsia) which is also mentioned in Gunapadam mooligai vaguppu. The main ingredients of the seenthil kudineer are seenthil, sukku ,sivathai which are known for their stomachic, carminative, laxative action. It is said to be cost effective also but efficacy of this medicine is not yet scientifically validated Hence, I have selected Seenthilkudineer for my clinical trial. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Primary Aim and Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of seenthil kudineer for the management kattu mantham in Children under the following preclinical and clinical parameters Physico – chemical Analysis, , Carminative studies, Chemical analysis of trial drug Clinical studies Secondary objectives: To collect and review the ideas mentioned in the ancient Siddha literature about the disease kattu mantham. To explore Definition, Etiology, Clinical features, Diagnosis, Investigations and treatment of kattu mantham as laid down from various siddha literature. To make the correlative study of the siddha and modern aspect of this diseases. CONCLUSION : The Siddha system of medicines has certainity with safer medications to treat children. The present study indicates the purity and stability of the Seenthil kudineer .The result of In –vitro Carminative Activity of Seenthil kudineer possess promising Carminative property. The trial drug Seenthilkudineer is treated to the children of age group,1-3 years who are all diagnosed to have kattu mantham.The ingredients of Seenthilkudineer are feasible and these compounds may serve as potentially useful drug at lower cost since most of them had carminative, laxative activity which controls kattu mantham. Clinical results were found to be significant. Good improvement was found in 65% of cases . The present clinical study has established that Seenthilkudineer is having good result in reducing the majority of the symptoms of kattumantham..This has in turn provided a further research and opportunity for new drug established in the management of Kattu Mantham. Because of the encouraging result of above study, the drug Seenthil kudineer may be taken for larger study in treatment of Kattumantham

EFFICACY OF DHATHU BUSHTI CHOORANAM IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MALE INFERTILITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO OLIGOSPERMIA - AN OPEN PILOT STUDY

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

A Siddha Management of Chronic Tonsillitis - A Case Report

Aim and objective: In the present scenario the medicine system from the west has started acknowledging the importance and wisdom of the ancient medicine system such as Siddha, Ayurvedha, Unani. There are many diseases that need surgical procedures till date, so in order to find a probable cure now a paradigm shift is really important. Tonsillitis is an infection of the tonsils associated with a sore throat, difficulty in swallowing, fever, etc. Still, surgical removal of tonsils is one of the most frequent procedures during childhood. In the Siddha system of medicine tonsillitis can be compared with Virana silatham. To evaluate the effect of Siddha medicine in the management of tonsillitis. Materials and Methods: The subject approached Out Patient Department of Siddha Clinical Research Unit(SCRU),under Central Council for Research in Siddha(CCRS), Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi with symptoms of sore throat, ear pain, difficulty in swallowing, sleep apnoea, which involved problems of breathing at night and foul smell from the mouth for past four months systemically. Discussion: The manifestation of symptoms and their severity depends on the extent of involvement of Uyir thathukkal (Vali,Azhal, Iyyam). Though the disease is Iyyam and Azhal predominant, there is derangement of Iyyam and Azhal Dosham in Virana silatham. Results: In this case, the subject showed a marked improvement as depicted in the photographs taken at different levels of treatment, also there was a significant improvement noted in both subjective and objective parameters. By adopting the Siddha treatment approach with an external treatment modality an attempt is made to bring about satisfactory results

Significance of Siddha Thirithoda Balancing Food Stuffs

The Siddha system of medicine is an ancient medical system, which provides ‘Holistic Health’. The word ‘Siddha’ originated from the  word ‘Siddhi’ meaning achievement of perfection, eternal bliss and accomplishment. The Siddha system evolved based on ninety-six tools (96 Thattuvam) which include physical, physiological, psychological and intellectual aspects of every human being. Among the 96 tools, the five elements i.e. Pancha bootham namely Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space are the fundamental units of everything in the human body and the cosmos. There are three vital life factors (Vaatham, Pittam, Kabham) responsible for good health. There is a relationship between these to maintain the body’s healthy. Any increase or decrease in humour causes diseases. Thirthoda sama porutkal (TSP) maintains these humour when we are using our regular diet. This article details the TSP to maintain the body healthy.&nbsp