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| Title: | Study on efficacy of Siddha drugs (CL and CEN) in rheumatoid arthritis |
| Authors: | Muthukumar, B |
| Keywords: | rheumatoid arthritis
Siddha drugs |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2009 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P19/00, A61P19/02, A61P29/00 |
| Abstract: | Siddha system, a traditional Indian Systems of Medicine, noticed much of the musculo-skeletal disorders, termed as Vatha diseases, under which joint diseases were put as Keel vayu. Vali azhal keelvayu is one among the types of keel vayu. In ancient Siddha texts, various causative factors, clinical features as well as the treatment methodology for the disease vali azhal keelvayu were broadly explained. This condition was well correlated with the disease rheumatoid arthritis, for which there is no curative drugs. So, two polyherbal Siddha drugs (for internal and external use), were tried in a clinical trial as well as pharmacological, biochemical analysis in order to prove the efficacy of these drugs in rheumatoid arthritis, which revealed a positive answer. |
| Page(s): | 446-448 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.08(3) [July 2009]
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