FOUNDERS OF SIDDHA MEDICAL SYSTEM

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`'GROW SIDDHA HERB `'- AKSDF HOME / INSTITUTIONAL HERBAL GARDEN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMME

VARIOUS PACKAGES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS TO SUIT THE REQUIREMENTS OF HOUSES AND PUBLIC  AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS\ORGANISATIONS/PARKS ARE AVAILABLE AT NOMINAL COSTS.WE ARE ALSO TAKE CLASSES ABOUT MEDICINAL PLANTS FREE OF COST.
PACKGES                                  DETAILS OF PACKAGE
1.SKIN CARE                              10 PLANTS
2.HAIR CARE                                 10 PLANTS
3.CHILD CARE                            10PLANTS
4.STRESS RELIEVERS                 5 PLANTS
5.METABOLISM PLUS                  7 PLATS
6.COUGH AND COLD                     5 PLANTS
7.BRAIN  TONIC                               6 PLANTS
8.REJUVENATORS (KAYAKALPA PLANTS) -10 PLANTS
9.LIVER TONIC                                       5 PLANTS
10.OBESITY                                             6 PLANTS
11.INSOMNIA                                          5 PLANTS
12.BLOOD PURIFIER                          6 PLANTS
10  HAEMATNIC                               5 PLANTS
11   CARDIAC PROTECTOR           5 PLANTS                  

        OUR HERBAL GARDEN INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING SIDDHA HERBALS
BOTANICAL NAME - KERALA TRADITIONAL NAME
1 ALOE VERA-KATTARVAZA
2 ADATHODA VASICA- ADALODAKAM
3 HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS- CHAMBARUTHI
4.OCIMUM SANCTUM-TULASI
5.BACOPA MONNIRI-BRAHMI
6.PIPER LONGUM-TIPPALI
7.TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA-CHITTAMARTHU
8.CENTELLA ASIATICA-KUDANGAL
9.MURRAYA KOENIGI-KRIVEPPU
10.PUNICA GRANATUM-MATHALAM
11.ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS-SATHAVARI
12.LAWSONIA INERMIS-MYLANGI
13.ASAGANDHA-WITHANIA SOMNIFERA
14.MORINGA OLEIFERA-MURINGA
15ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA-KIRIYATHU
16.PHYLANTHUS AMARUS-KEZARNELLI
17GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE-CHAKKARAKOLLI
18 CYNODON DACTYLON-KARUKA
19-AZADIRICHTA INDICA-ARYA VEPPU
20.ECLIPTA ABA-MANJA KAYYONNI
21.VETIVERA ZIZANOIDES-RAMACHAM
22.VITEX NIGUNDO-NOCHI
23.PLUMBAGO  ZEYLANICA-KODUVELI
24 ACORUS CALAMUS-VAYAMBU
25 ACHYRANTHES ASPERA -VALIYA KADALADI
26 ALPINIA GALANJA- CHITTARATHA
27 ANNONA MURICATA-MULLAN CHAKKA
28 ARISTOLOCHIA INDICA -GARUDAKODI
29.BIOPHYTUM SENSITIVAM-MUKKUTTI
30.BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA-THAZUTHAMA
31CAESAALPINIA SAPPAN PATHIMUKHAM
32 CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA-ERUKKU
33CASSIA FISTULA-KANIKKONNA
34CANARIUMSTRICTUM-KUNTHIRIKKAM
35 CARDIOSPERMUM HELICACABUM- VALLI UZHINJA
36 CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS-SAVAMNARI POO
37 CINNAMUM VERUM-KARUVA PATTA
38 CISSUS CONRANGULARIS-CHANGALAM PIRANDA
39 CITRUS LEMON-CHERUNARAGAM
40 CLITORIA TERNATA-SANKUPUSHPAM
41 COSTUS PICTUS-INSULIN PLANT
42. CURCUMA LONGA-MANJAL
43CURCUMA AROMATICA-KASTHURI MANJAL
44CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES-NILAPPANA
45CYATHULA PROSRATA-CHERUKADALADI
46 CYPERUS ROTUNDUS-MUTHANGA
47 DATURA METAL-UMAM
48 ERYNGIUM FOETIDUM-AFRICAN MALLI
49GLYCOSMIS PENTPHYLLA-PANAL
50 GLORIOSA SUPERBA-MENTHONNI
51 HEMIDESUS INDICUS-NANNARI
52 HEMIGRAPHIS COLORATA-MURIKOOTTI
53 HOLOSTEMMA ADA KODIEN -ADAPATHIYAN
54 INDIGOPHERA TINCTORIA-NEELAMARI
55 IXORA COCCINEA-KATTU THECHI
56 KAMPHERIA GALANGA- KACHOLAM
57 MYRISTICA FRAGRANS-JATHIKKA
58 PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA-NELLIKKA
59 PIPPER BETLE-VETTILA
60 PSEUDARTHRIA VISCIDA-MUVILA
61 RICINUS COMMUNIS-AVANAKKU

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2) SIDDHA MEDICINAL PLANT -Zingiber officinale

 

 

 CUKKU (Dried Rhizome) - ²‚°

            Cukku  is the dried rhizome of Zingiber officinale Rosc. (Fam. Zingiberaceae), widely cultivated in India; rhizomes dug in January - February, buds and roots removed, soaked overnight in water, decorticated and some times treated with lime and dried. It grows  in Ku¼iµci and Marutham  thi¸ai.

SYNONYMS

Tamil              :           Cu¸·i (²‡®), Ularnta Iµci (àô˜‰î Þ…C), V®rkkompu («õ˜‚ªè£‹¹), Vi·am£·iya Amirtam (MìÍ®ò ÜI˜î‹)

Assamese         :           Adasuth, Aadar shuth

Bengali           :           Suntha, Sunthi

English            :           Ginger root, Ginger

Gujrati            :           Sunth, Sundh, Suntha

Hindi               :           Sonth

Kannada          :           Shunthi

Kashmiri         :           Shonth

Malayalam      :           Chukku

Marathi           :           Sunth

Oriya               :           Sunthi

Punjabi            :           Sund

Sanskrit           :           Ardraka, Ausadha, Mahausadha, Visvabhesaja, Srngavera, Visva, Visvausadha

Telugu             :           Sonthi, Sunti

Urdu                :           Sonth, Zanjabeel

DESCRIPTION

a) Macroscopic

Rhizome, laterally compressed bearing short, flattish, ovate, oblique, branches on upper side each having at its apex a depressed scar, pieces about 5 to15 cm. long, 1.5 to 6.5 cm. wide usually 3 to 4 cm. and 1 to 1.5 cm. thick; externally buff coloured showing longitudinal striations and occasional loose fibres; fracture short, smooth, transverse surface exhibiting narrow cortex, (about one-third of radius) a well-marked endodermis, a wide stele showing numerous scattered fibro-vascular bundles and yellow secreting cells when examined under 10x lens; odour agreeable and aromatic; taste agreeable and pungent.

b) Microscopic

Transverse section of rhizome shows cortex of isodiametric thin-walled parenchyma with scattered vascular strands and numerous isodiametric idioblasts, about 40 to 80 µm in diameter containing a yellowish to reddish-brown oleo-resin; endodermis slightly thick walled, free from starch; immediately inside endodermis a row of nearly continuous collateral bundles usually without fibres, stele of thin-walled, parenchyma cells, arranged radially around numerous scattered, collateral vascular bundles, each consisting of a few unlignified, reticulate or spiral vessels upto about 70 µm in diameter; a group of phloem cells, unlignified, thin-walled; septate fibres upto about 30 µm wide and 600 µm long with small oblique slit like pits present; numerous scattered idioblasts, similar those of cortex, and associated with vascular bundles, also present; idioblasts about 8 to 20 µm wide and upto 130 µm  long with dark reddish-brown contents; in single or in axial rows, adjacent to vessels, present; parenchyma of cortex and stele packed with flattened, rectangular, ovate starch grains upto 60 µm long about 25 µm wide and 7µm thick, marked by fine concentric striations.

Powder:

Cream; shows groups of polygonal thin walled parenchyma cells; yellowish to reddish brown oleo-resin cells; unlignified fibres, vessels with annular,  reticulate or spiral thickening; numerous round to oval  starch grains upto 60 µm long, about 25 µm wide and 7 ìm thick marked by fine concentric striations.

IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH

Foreign matter                                    Not more than   1    per cent, Appendix         2.2.2.

Total Ash                                            Not more than   6   per cent, Appendix          2.2.3.

Water soluble ash                               Not more than   1.5   per cent, Appendix       2.2.5.

Alcohol-soluble extractive                 Not less than    3    per cent, Appendix          2.2.6.

Water-soluble extractive                    Not less than    10    per cent, Appendix        2.2.7.

T.L.C.

T.L.C. of the Alcoholic extract on silica gel 'G' plate using n-Hexane: Diethyl ether (4:6) v/v shows two spots under  (UV light 366 nm) at Rf. 0.55 and 0.60 (both sky blue). On exposure to iodine vapours  seven spots appear at Rf. 0.23, 0.27, 0.43, 0.50, 0.55,0.81 and 0.94(all yellow). On spraying with Vanillin- Sulphuric acid reagent and heating the plate, for five minutes at 105°C eight spots appear at Rf. 0.23 (blackish brown), 0.27 (blackish brown), 0.37 (violet), 0.50 (violet), 0.60 (brown), 0.67 (brown), 0.81 (violet) and 0.94 (violet).

CONSTITUENTS

            Gingerols, shogaols, dihydrogingerol, gingerdione, hexahydrocurcumin and desmethyl hexahydrocurcumin, á -zingiberene, ß-sesquiphellandrene, ar-curcumene, lipids, proteins, fats, waxes, and starch.

PROPERTIES AND ACTIONS

Cuvai             :           K¡rppu (裘Š¹)

Gu¸am           :           Ilaku (Þô°), Noymai (ªï£Œ¬ñ)

V¢rium          :           Veppam (ªõŠð‹)

Pirivu            :           K¡rppu (裘Š¹)

Ceykai           :           Aka··uv¡yvaka¼¼i (Ü膴õ£ŒõèŸP), Pacitt¢t£¸·i (ðCˆbɇ®), Veppamu¸·¡kki (ªõŠðº‡ì£‚A)

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS

            Cukku Tailam (²‚° ¬îô‹), Ól¡tic C£ra¸aÆ (ãô£F„ Åóí‹), Nilav¡kaic C£ra¸am (Gôõ£¬è„ Åóí‹), Paµcat¢p¡kkiºi C£ra¸am (ð…êbð£‚AQ Åóí‹), P¡vaºakka·ukk¡y (ð£õù‚贂裌), Tayircu¸·icc£ra¸am (îJ˜²‡®„Åóí‹), Tirika·ukuc C£ra¸am (FKè´°„ Åóí‹)

THERAPEUTIC USES 

COUGH,FLATULENCE,INDIGESTION,VATHA DISEASES,MIGRANE,SINUSITIS

DOSE  -  Powder 500 mg - 1g

 

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1) SIDDHA MEDICINAL PLANT -WITHANIA SOMNIFERA

 

 

 AMUKKARË (Root) - ܺ‚èó£

            Amukkar¡  is the dried root of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal Syn. Physalis somnifera L., P. flexuosa L., P. arborescense DC. (Fam. Solanaceae), a perennial shrub, found in waste land, cultivated fields and open grounds throughout India. It is also cultivated in certain areas of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Roots are collected in winter, washed and cut into small pieces.The dried root is subjected to purification process before use.  It grows in Mullai and Marutham thi¸ai.

SYNONYMS

Tamil              :           Acuvakanthi (ܲõè‰F), Amukkar¡ Ki¾a´ku (ܺ‚èó£ Aöƒ°)

Assamese         :           Ashvagandha

Bengali           :           Ashvagandha

Gujrati            :           Asgandha

Hindi               :           Asgandh

Kannada          :           Angarberu, Hiremaddina- gida

Kashmiri         :           Asagandh

Malayalam      :           Amukkuram

Marathi           :           Asagandha, Askagandha

Oriya               :           Aswagandha

Punjabi            :           Asgandh

Sanskrit           :           Asvagandha, Hayagandha, Vajigandha

Telugu             :           Pennerugadda

Urdu                :           Asgand

DESCRIPTION

a) Macroscopic

Roots straight, unbranched, thickness varying with age, roots bear fibre-like secondary roots, outer surface buff to grey-yellow with longitudinal wrinkles; crown consists of remains of variously thickened stem bases; fracture short and uneven; odour characteristic; taste bitter and acrid.

b) Microscopic

Transverse section of root shows cork exfoliated or crushed; when present rectangular, radially flattened and non-lignified; cork cambium 2 to 4 diffused rows of cells; secondary cortex about twenty layers of compact parenchymatous cells mostly filled with starch grains; phloem consists of sieve tubes, companion cells, phloem parenchyma; cambium 4 or 5 rows of tangentially elongated cells; xylem hard forming a closed vascular ring separated by multiseriate medullary rays.

Powder:

Yellowish grey; shows cork cells, parenchyma cells, tracheids, vessels, fibres and starch grains.

IDENTITY, PURITY AND STRENGTH

Foreign matter                                    Not more than   2    per cent, Appendix         2.2.2.

Total Ash                                            Not more than   7    per cent, Appendix         2.2.3.

Acid-insoluble ash                              Not more than   1   per cent, Appendix          2.2.4.

Alcohol-soluble extractive                 Not less than     15    per cent, Appendix       2.2.6.

Water-soluble extractive                    Not less than    27    per cent, Appendix        2.2.7.

ASSAY

                                             HPLC conditions for the separation of   withaferin A in Alcohol extract.

                                             Mobile phase      :          n- Hexane: Isopropanol (9:1)

                                             Flow rate            :          0.2 ml./min.

                                             Column              :          Porasil A coiled column (1.2ft. x 1/8 inch)

                                             Detector             :          UV at 225 nm

T.L.C.

T.L.C. of Petroleum ether soluble fraction of Alcohol extract on an aluminium plate  precoated with silica gel 60 F₂₅₄ (E.Merck) 0.2 mm. thickness using Petroleum ether (80 -100° C): Chloroform (1:1) spraying with 10%  Methanolic Sulphuric acid reagent and heating the plate for ten minutes at 105ºC shows two spots at Rf. 0.17 (violet) and 0.92 (greyish brown).

CONSTITUENTS

            Withanolides- withaferin A, withanone, withanolides I, II, III, III A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, WS-I, P and S, withasomidienone, cuscohygrine, anahygrine, tropine, pseudotropine, anaferine, isopellatierine, 3- tropyltigloate.

PROPERTIES AND ACTIONS

Cuvai             :           Kaippu (¬èŠ¹)

Gu¸am           :           Ilaku (Þô°)

V¢rium          :           Veppam (ªõŠð‹)

Pirivu            :           K¡rppu (裘Š¹)

Ceykai           :           ˸maiperukki (݇¬ñªð¼‚A), Ci¼un¢rperukki (CÁc˜ªð¼‚A), K¡yaka¼pam¡kki (è£òèŸðñ£‚A), U¼akkamu¸·¡kki (àø‚躇죂A), Uram¡kki (àóñ£‚A), U·alveppaka¼¼i (à왪õŠðèŸP), U·a¼t®¼¼i (à쟫îŸP), V¢kkamurukki (i‚躼‚A)

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS

            Amukkar¡c C£ra¸am (ܺ‚èó£„ Åóí‹), Iracakanthi Me¾uku (Þóêè‰F ªñ¿°), I·ivall¡thi Me¾uku (Þ®õ™ô£F ªñ¿°), Kantaka Irac¡yaºam (è‰îè Þóê£òù‹), Mak¡ Ól¡thi Ku½ikai (ñè£ ãô£F °O¬è), Mak¡vall¡ti I½akam (ñè£õ™ô£F Þ÷è‹), Nanthi Me¾uku (ï‰F ªñ¿°), N¡rathtai I½akam (ï£óˆ¬î Þ÷è‹), Pa¼a´kippa··ai Irac¡yaºam (ðøƒAŠð†¬ì Þóê£òù‹)

THERAPEUTIC USES

         PAIN,, FEVER,ECZEMA,VATHA DISEASES,SEXUAL PROBLEMS

DOSE  -  Powder 3 - 6 g

 

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