Abstract

STANDARDIZATION OF SIDDHA POLYHERBAL FORMULATION ELAI ERUMAL CHOORANAM FOR ITS QUALITY ASSURANCE BY MODERN ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES

Dr. V. Manoprabu* and Dr. M. D. Saravanadevi M.D (S)

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Abstract

Siddha system has numerous herbal and herbo mineral formulations for various diseases. For the globalization of Siddha system of medicine, the need for standardization of the prepared medicines is significant of the hour. The standardization is an essential part in whole of the medicine preparation process which is helpful in improving drug quality & efficacy, reduce adulteration, facilitating for global acceptance and export etc. Bronchial Asthma is a serious global health problem. Siddha system has numerous preparations in treating Asthma. One such effective poly herbal formulation is Elai Erumal Chooranam which is said to be cost effective, efficacious and simple when compared to other medications. In the present study an attempt has been made to standardize the formulation as per PLIM guidelines. The obtained results were with in normal limits in this study, which is elaborately described in this paper.

Keywords: Siddha, Asthma, Elai Erumal hooranam, Standardization, Physicochemical- Phytochemical Analysis.