Abstract

Background: The sivanaramirtham is a herbal and mineral combination used for treating vadha, pitha, kabha diseases, bronchial asthma, leprosy, peptic ulcer, hemmorhoids, tuberculosis, asicites, delirium. Objectives: To characterize the herbo-mineral drug “Sivanaramirtham”. Materials and Methods :   The ingredients such as Iruvi, Rasam, Karunabi, Kanthagam, Chukku, Manosilai, Venkaram, Arisi thippili, milagu. The drugs was prepared as per siddha literature  Siddha vaidhya thirattu.  the drugs was analysed by using FTIR Spectrum. Result: FTIR charecterization shows the presence of some functional group such as alcohol, alkyne, alkane, aldehyde, carbon-di-oxide, conjugated alkene, carboxylic acid, sulphonamide, an aromatic ester, amine, carboxylic acid, halo compounds where identified in Siddha herbo mineral formulation.  “Sivanaamirtham”.  This study forms the base for the pharmaceutical analysis of sivanaramirtham which will be followed by safety and efficacy studies later. Conclusion: The instrumental analysis FTIR study for sivanar amirtham  shows the presence of functional groups through the stretch and bends which responsible for its functional activity.  It was to subject for further many studies to validate its efficacy and safety through proper standardization procedure.  For its potency.