Neuroprotective efficacy of Siddha Spices, “Thirisadham”: A review

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Journal name: Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine
Original article title: Neuroprotective efficacy of Siddha Spices, “Thirisadham”: A review
The Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine (JAHM) promotes Ayurvedic scientific research by offering a platform for in-depth exploration and integration of its principles into modern healthcare. JAHM is owned and published by Atreya Ayurveda Publications. Atreya Ayurveda Publications engaged in scientific publications on Ayurveda in the form of print books and ebooks since 2007.

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Author(s):

G Kiruthiga
Research Officer, Central Council for Research in Siddha
B Akila
Research Officer -Siddha, CCRS (Central Council for Research in Siddha)
Geetha Sushil
Research Officer-Siddha, AYUSH Wellness Centre, President Estate.
R Vasudevan
Research Officer-Siddha, AYUSH Wellness Centre, President Estate.
SD Muralidass
Research Officer-Siddha, Ministry of AYUSH.


Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine:

Full text available for: Neuroprotective efficacy of Siddha Spices, “Thirisadham”: A review

Year: 2023 | Doi: 10.70066/jahm.v11i3.703

Copyright (license): CC BY-NC-SA 4.0


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Summary of article contents:

Background: There has been an increased search for disease prevention and health promotion features among kitchen spices. Siddha, one of the indigenous Indian systems of medicine describes about various spices and their role in disease prevention while using in cuisines, signifying the paradigm, “Food is medicine”. Apart from being immunomodulators, spices also don the role of organ specific protective action. Method: Literature search was carried out through Classical Siddha Literatures as well as in Online platforms such as Google, PubMed, for keywords “Neuroprotective”, “Alzheimer”, “spices”, “neurotoxicity”. Result: Various Researcch studies confirm the neuroprotective action of the constituent individual Siddha spices in “Thirisadham” combination, which is a combination of three siddha herbs namely Elakkai, Kirambu and Lavangapathiri. Conclusion: As the individual herbs of the thirisadham combination show neuroprotective potential, the combination can be used in clinical practice for prevention as well as attenuation of neurodegenerative diseases. Thirisadham can be used in novel drug discovery techniques used for prevention of neurotoxicity.

Key words: Siddha, Spices, Thirisadham, Neuroprotective, Research

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