Preclinical and Clinical Study on Padarthamarai (படர் தாமரை) (Pundareega Kuttam)

The study is to highlight the therapeutic efficacy of siddha drugs by conducting a clinical trial on disease ‘Padar thamarai’ with ‘Parangichakkai Chooranam’ as internal medicine and ‘Neeradimuthu Pasai’ as external medicine to the scientific community, a disease Padar Thamarai under the heading of Mukkutram, Udalkattugal, Enn vagai thervu etc., in order to evaluate the pathogenesis, pathology of Padar Thamarai.The treatment was given for Padar thamarai on the basis of principles of Siddha system deranged Thri Thodams were corrected by the trials medicine given to the Padar thamarai. The present clinical study reveals that the trial drug showed Grade - 2 (Reduction of hyper pigmentation) improvement in 71 % of the cases, Grade 3 (Reduction of size and oozing) improvement in 24% of the cases, Grade 4 (Reduction of itching) improvement in 5% cases. There was no adverse effects were reported during the study. Hence the trials drugs are considered as safe. The preparation of Internal and External Medicine were simple also. It is concluded that the trial drugs were therapeutically effective against Padar Thamarai