A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW ON THETRAN VIDHAI KUDINEER: A SIDDHA POLYHERBAL FORMULATION
Keywords:
Siddha medicine., Limonia acidissima,, Cassia auriculata, Terminalia chebula,, Strychnos potatorum, Thetran vidhai kudineer,Abstract
In the present day, world’s focus turns to the herbal medicine because of the safety, efficacy and easy accessibility of herbal plants and also mainly due to the side effects of modern drugs. Siddha system is practiced mainly in traditional tamil speaking people present in India and also throughout the world. It is a powerful system of medicine in Indian system and treats the diseases by using herbs, inorganic substances and animal products. Siddha system contains several types of formulations and Kudineer formulation is one of the types which include only dried and grinded herbs. ‘Thetran vidhai kudineer’, is a poly herbal siddha formulation comprising of four plants namely Strychnos potatorum, Terminalia chebula, Cassia auriculata and Limonia acidissima. This review describes various facets like morphological characters, active constituents and pharmacological properties of ingredients of Thetran vidhai kudineer.
