Abstract

A LITERARY REVIEW OF KAKKUVAN IRUMAL IN SIDDHA ASPECT

S. Ramya*

Abstract

Siddha system of medicine is the most popular in Southern region of India. Ancient saints gave us lot of therapeutic valued drugs to treat various diseases. The curative property of the medicine is higher. It is very much helpful in the management of the diseases. With the help of Siddhar’s guidelines there are a lot of remedies to treat an infective, contagious diseases like Kakkuvan irumal (Whooping cough) where the causative organism is B.pertussis, a Gram negative pleomorphic bacteria. It is also called Pertussis. Internal medicines are very effective and are available in various forms such as karkam, ennai, nei, choornam etc. This present study deals with the diseases nature, etiology, symptoms, Siddha medicines.

Keywords: Kakkuvan irumal, Infective diseases, B.pertussis, Siddha medicines.