Pharmacognostical study of Seenthil chooranam: A siddha formulation

Abstract

Siddha system is an intuitive system of medicine borne out of wisdom; therefore, nature is seeding this system. Global recognition to the Siddha system of medicine standardization of Siddha formulation by modern techniques is fundamental requirement. The development of standards for identity, quality, purity and strength of the Siddha drugs and its formulations Traditional remedies is advantageous, it does suffer some limitations. The main limitation is the lack of standardisation of raw materials, of processing methods and of the final products, pharmacognostical standardization of the drug brings the validation to be used as a medicine by subjecting the drug into many analysis and determining its quality and effectiveness. In this study covered the qualitative standard of the Siddha formulation Seenthil chooranam in a pharmacognostical view.