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A REVIEW ON SIDDHA POLYHERBAL FORMULATION “NARSEERAGA THYLAM” (EXTERNAL) FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF KALANJAGA PADAI (PSORIASIS) – A DRUG REVIEW

Dr. M. Supritha Muthu*, Dr. K. Rajeswari, Dr. K. Vennila, Dr. M. Meenakshi Sundaram and Dr. R. Meenakumari

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Abstract

Siddha medicine is one among World’s oldest medical systems. It originated in Southern Part of Tamil Nadu and Kerala more than 3,000 years ago. It is one of the States’ official Traditional health care systems. Siddha medicine serves both Therapeutic and Prophylatic concepts and hence Holistic in nature. Siddha is the oldest healing system of medicine, and it has fundamental aspects for drug formulation. Major formulations used in Siddha are based on herbs. Psoriasis is an inherited papulosquamous disorder with a variable clinical spectrum. In Siddha system of medicine, it is compared with Kalanjaga padai which has the symptoms like silvery scale, itching, pinpoint bleeding, nail manifestation and arthritis in chronic condition. In many of the dermatological problems along with internal medicines, external medicine plays an important role. This present paper review and analyse the therapeutic value of a Siddha polyherbal formulation Narseeraga thylam for external application which possess anti-inflammatory, anti-pruritic and anti-psoriatic activity for the management of Kalanjaga padai (Psoriasis).

Keywords: Psoriasis, Siddha system, Narseeraga thylam, Kalanjaga padai.