Abstract

A REVIEW ON SIDDHA FORMULATION ADATHODAI MANAPPAAGU IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DENGUE FEVER

Rajalakshmi K.*, Christian G.J., Shanmugapriya P., Jeeva Gladys R.

Abstract

Dengue fever is the major alarm of the recent past specifically in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The thrombocytopenic complication of dengue hemorrhagic fever stands aloof with no drug or vaccine except for intravascular fluid replacement. The Siddha system of medicine has an enormous literature evidence of herbal medicines which are time-tested and clinically practiced in day to day life in South India. Hence it is high time for researchers to prove the scientific validity for these traditional claims for the present day alarming medical needs such as Dengue Hemorrhagic fever (DHF). Adathodai manappaagu is one such combination though commonly used for respiratory disorders in children yet claimed by Siddha literature to have a challenging potential against hemorrhagic conditions. This is a literature review of Adathodai manappaagu towards the treatment of dengue fever, analyzing its prospective through various latest researches thereby to derive an hypothesis of intervention of Adathodai manappaagu in Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) for further future studies in this perspective.

Keywords: Herbal medicine, Dengue fever, Justicia Adhathoda, Adhathoda vasika, DHF, Thrombocytopenia.