Abstract

The holistic medicine aims to restore health by understanding the underlying causes of the diseases. It strives to attack the root causes and detoxifying, cleansing, strengthening body tissues (dhatus) and balancing bodily doshas, ensuring complete cure. The Siddhars wrote their knowledge in palm leaf manuscripts, fragments of which were found in different parts of South India. They listed numerous valuable medicines for each diseases. Amoung that, “Kadikkara Chendooram” is a one of effective medicine for Pakkavatham.The main ingredients of this preparation are Kadikkaram (Nitrate of Silver), Lingam (Red Sulphide of Mercury - Natural), Rasa Chendhooram (Red Sulphide of mercury). All ingredients were purified and prepared the medicine as per the instructions of authenticated Siddha text. This study focus to validate the Siddha preparation “Kadikkara Chendooram”scientifically through the analysis in Siddha and Modern standardization methods to improve the research on Siddha  Medicines. Hence, this article gives evidences on the efficacy of this Siddha preparation.