MEDICINAL PLANTS FROM SIDDHA SYSTEM OF MEDICINE USEFUL FOR TREATING RESPIRATORY DISEASES

Arjun Ram¹*, Duraisamy Arul Joseph², Selvakumar Balachandar³, Vijay Pal Singh^4
1Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi-110007, India
²Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi-110007, India
³Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi-110007, India
⁴Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi-110007, India
* Corresponding Author : aram@igib.res.in

Received : -     Accepted : -     Published : 21-12-2009
Volume : 1     Issue : 2       Pages : 20 - 30
Int J Pharmaceut Anal 1.2 (2009):20-30
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/0975-3079.1.2.20-30

Keywords : Siddha system of medicine, medicinal plants, Asthma, Bronchitis, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Siddhars, traditional systems, emphysema
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors acknowledge Mr. Gopal Dhananjeyan for collecting some rare references for this manuscript preparation

Siddha system of medicine (SSM) is one of the oldest traditional systems of medicine, which has been originated from India and is practiced mostly in the southern part of this country for treating various diseases including even chronic conditions. However, it is relatively veiled to the scientific community as compared to other traditional systems such as Ayurveda (a popular Indian medicine), TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) and Kampo (traditional Japanese medicine). Respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are a serious health problem, which are increasing rapidly worldwide. The current therapy has its own shortcomings and notable adverse effects. There is an intense need to search some safer alternative therapy for treating these epidemic diseases. The objectives of this article is, first, to increase the awareness about SSM to the scientific community, thus inviting more scientific studies on this system, and secondly, to list certain medicinal plants of this system which are commonly used for treating respiratory diseases. To explore the possibility for obtaining potential drugs from these plants, certain future perspectives have also been discussed.

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