Siddha digestive medicines

Simple remedies from Siddha system promotes the healthy functioning of digestive system.

1. Seeraga Chooranam: Fried powder of Jeeragam (Jeera) Cuminum cyminum is taken with jaggery for gastritis. The water boiled with cumin seeds is an excellent digestive.

2. Kariveppilai Chooranam: Powder or chutney of curry leaves (Murraya koenigi) helps in treating diarrhea and dysentery.

3. Panchadeepagni Chooranam & Ashthy Chooranam: Siddha herbal formulations are effective for digestive disorders.

4. Thayirchundi Chooranam: a Siddha probiotic is capable of improving gut immunity and treating diarrhea.

All the above medications have to be taken under the supervision of registered Siddha Medical practitioner.

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Siddha day in kerala on 26 th December

Siddha day inauguration on 26th December by our honourable Health minister at  Olympia  chambers, Chandra Sekharan Nair Stadium Trivandrum. Along with inauguration we have to  conduct 2 days programmes (26&27th) including Siddha speciality medical camps,  Expo ,Open forum for public interactions ,seminars, issuing a hand book of Siddha system of medicines to all AYUSH department officials and staffs  etc. Also in this auspicious day we have to honour the eminent senior persons those who serve for Siddha system. Further there will be a  product launching of five Siddha medicines which are prepared by oushadi, a Kerala government under taking manufacturing unit. In connection with the Siddha day we also planned to conduct one month programmes like Siddha  awareness classes  medical camps in various destinations in Kerala  ,Varma Training programme for Siddha medical officers ,Siddha Project (kanya Jyothi -project for adolescent anaemia in school going girls ) inauguration in 5 districts, inauguration of newly constructed government Siddha Hospital at Vallakadavu,Trivandrum etc.,

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Patru (Paultice ) in siddha medicine

Poultice (Patru) is an external medicine prepared from the raw materials which are ground with herbal juices, decoction and hot water. Poultice is used to treat diseases like headache, arthritis etc. 

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Tips to prevent eye diseases in siddha

Tips for prevention of eye diseases in Siddha.

1. Take oil-bath at least twice a week.

2. Apply ghee on the soles, cover with rice bran and dress with cotton cloth at bed time, then wash with cold water in the morning and apply red sandal powder to maintain cool eyes.

3. Eat plenty of greens like Pannai Keerai (Celosia argentea), Chiru Keerai (Amaranthus tricolor), Ponnaan-kanni (Alternanthera sessilis), etc for maintenance of good health and vision.

4. Application of collyrium prevents most of the eye diseases and reduces phlegmatic vitiation.

Avoid the following:

1. Avoid strain to your eyes due to constant usage of mobile phones or other gadgets.

2. Avoid Exposure to fire, dust and fumes.

3. Control of natural urges

4. Application of collyrium after head bath and in rainy season.

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Suttigai in siddha medicine

Suttigai therapy (Cauterization) is a technique known as heat therapy.

Certain disease conditions are treated by heated gas (Kaal Suttigai), heated earthen pot or sand (Man Suttigai), heated stick or rhizome of Curcuma longa (Mara Suttigai) and Metal cauterization (Uloga Suttigai). Sinusitis, Arthritis and Muscular sprain are mostly treated with Suttigai therapy.

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RAN Therapy in siddha for AIDS

RAN' - SIDDHA THERAPY

RAN this acronym stands for 1Rasagandhi mezhugu-R, 2Amukkara chooranam - A and 3Nellikkai Ilagam - N, now the most popular Siddha combination for HIV in Tamil Nadu having Immunogenic and adaptogenic properties. RAN therapy is given to HIV patients in the Asia's biggest AIDS hospital at TB Sanatorium, Tambaram, Chennai, South India .

Deivanayagam and co-workers in 2001 could establish laboratory evidence supporting the clinical improvement in more than 60 % of the patients who received either RAN alone or in combination with opportunistic infection (OI) controlling drugs. But RAN could not save those with brain infection, or septicaemia.

Since April 2002, the family health clinic of Health India Foundation (HIF), a registered non-governmental charity, has been running an out-patient service for HIV/AIDS at Red Cross Hospital, Chennai. The author, during his tenure as medical officer at HIF for 13 months have himself closely observed and monitored the safety and effect of RAN therapy in patients with mild to moderate HIV disease (Wilson, 2010). Fritts et al., 2008 in his review article from USA have included the pilot trial conducted with RAN therapy.

Note

1Rasagandhi mezhugu (RGM) is polyherbo–mineral formulation in wax form containing 40 herbs.

2 Poly herbal medicated powder prepared using Withania somnifera Dunal (winter cherry) as the chief ingredient.

3Poly herbal electuary prepared using Phyllanthus Emblica, Linn. (Indian gooseberry) as the chief ingredient

References

Deivanayagam C.N., Krishnarajasekhar O.R., Ravichandran N., Evaluation of Siddha Medicare in HIV disease. J. Assoc. Physicians India . 2001; 49: 390-1.

Fritts M., Crawford C.C., Quibell D., Gupta A., Jonas W.B., Coulter I., Andrade S.A., Traditional Indian medicine & homeopathy for HIV/AIDS: a review of the literature. AIDS Research & Therapy 2008, 5:25. doi:10.1186/ 1742-6405- 5-25.

Wilson E., Reflections of the Siddha Traditional System of Medicine in the Emerging Field of Geology. IGC's Thirteenth Professor Jhingran Memorial Lecture monograph delivered at the Department of Rasashastra, Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences , Banaras Hindu University , Varanasi . January, 2010; 1- 45 pp.

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