Abstract

Helminthiasis, worm infestation is the most common problem irrespective of gender and age that accounts due to poor sanitation, hygiene, malnutrition and crowded living conditions. Currently available antihelminthic drugs are contraindicated in pregnancy and their use are restricted in certain conditions. There is potent need for herbal originated anthelmintics for the safe of humankind. There is increasing interest from the medical and scientific communities to include them in evidence-based medicine, and this is consolidated by a more sympathetic attitude on the part of regulatory authorities than has previously been the case.  Numerous medicinal plants justify the therapeutic value of herbs. The herbal drugs are collected from Siddha medical literature and reviewed for its pharmacological activities in the database.