Abstract

AN EVALUATION OF THE DRUG MANTHARA KAASA LEGIYAM ON TREATING MANTHARA KANAM

A. Rathi*, M. Selvarathi, K. Shyamala and S. Geetha Devi

ABSTRACT

The siddha system of medicine is one of the traditional medical system, providing preventive, promotive, curative, rejuvenative and rehabilitative health care by adopting scientific and holistic approach. Treatment procedure in siddha system of medicine help in normalizing the altered life factors. The medicine called Manthara Kaasa Legiyam is one among the siddha medicines summarized on the book Agathiyar vaithiya kaaviyam 1500.Manthara kanam is part of the kanam mentioned in kuzhanthai maruthuvam text book.The drug review of the medicine explains about the morphology, family, chemical constituents and pharmacological actions of each ingredients. The main sources of the review was siddha text and resources from the databases collected from relevant journals. The main aim of the study is to scrutinize the chemical characters and action of the drug Manthara Kaasa Legiyam. Secondary aim is to spread consciousness about the drug.

Keywords: Manthara Kaasa Legiyam, kuzhanthai maruthuvam, pharmacological, kanam.