Biochemical Analysis of Siddha Herbo Mineral Drug Thasadeepakkini Chooranam

Abstract

Siddha system is the ancient system of medicine presently practiced predominantly in south India. Siddha system of medicine contains herbals, metals and minerals in their medicinal preparation. Chooranams are one of the most common and frequently used siddha forms of medicine. The chooranam is one of the 32 types of Internal medicine in siddha system. The Thasadeepakkini chooranam is an herbomineral combination of nine botanical drugs and one mineral drug cited in text sigicharathina deepam. In this medicine all the drugs are purified and prepared as per the siddha literature and used to treat anemia, indigestion, cough, fever, diarrhoea and ageusia. The objective of the study is to evaluate the compounds present in the herbomineral drug Thasadeepakkini chooranam. The biochemical analysis of the Thasadeepakkini chooram reveals the presence of calcium, sulphate, chloride, starch, tannic acid, unsaturated compound, reducing sugar, amino acid. These compounds enhance the medicinal properties of the trial drug.