{"id":310458,"date":"2024-09-17T19:59:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T14:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=310458"},"modified":"2024-09-17T19:59:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T14:29:50","slug":"siddha-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/siddha-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Siddha Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source-<\/strong> This post on<strong> Impact of Siddha Drugs in Lowering Anaemia in Adolescent Girls<\/strong> is based on the article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/health.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/industry\/siddha-drugs-combination-lowers-anaemia-in-adolescent-girls-says-study\/113226969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Siddha&#8217; drugs combination lowers anaemia in adolescent girls, says study<\/a>\u201d published in<strong> Economic Times<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>17th September 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in News?<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, a study was conducted under the Public Health Initiative aimed to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">mainstream the use of Siddha drugs<\/span> for combating anaemia in adolescent girls.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of Siddha drugs, referred to as <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ABMN<\/span> (Annapeticenturam, Bavana katukkay, Matulai manappaku, and Nellikkay lekiyam), was found to significantly improve haemoglobin levels and packed cell volume in anaemic adolescent girls.<\/p>\n<h2>About Siddha drugs<\/h2>\n<div><strong>1. About-<\/strong> Siddha drugs are part of the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">traditional Siddha medicine system<\/span>, primarily using natural ingredients like herbs, minerals, and animal products. Siddha is an ancient Indian traditional treatment system which evolved in South India, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">chiefly in Tamil Nadu<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>2. Siddha Drugs-<\/strong> These drugs come in forms like powders, pills, decoctions, and oils. The drugs are aimed at balancing the body&#8217;s three doshas- <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">vaadham<\/span> (airy), <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">pittham<\/span> (fiery) and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">kapam<\/span> (watery).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>3. Treatment Usage-<\/strong> Siddha drugs are used to treat various ailments such as arthritis, skin diseases, and respiratory issues.<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Science and technology\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source- This post on Impact of Siddha Drugs in Lowering Anaemia in Adolescent Girls is based on the article \u201c&#8216;Siddha&#8217; drugs combination lowers anaemia in adolescent girls, says study\u201d published in Economic Times\u00a0on\u00a017th September 2024. Why in News? Recently, a study was conducted under the Public Health Initiative aimed to mainstream the use of Siddha&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/siddha-drugs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Siddha Drugs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872,11063],"class_list":["post-310458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-economic-times","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}