Indigenous system of medicine consists of Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani and traditional medicine. Medicinal plants play an important role to cure major and minor ailments of diseases. Medicinal plants are the backbone of Siddha ...

There are various type of medicinal plants available in Sri Lanka.. This District consists of different eco-systems such as forest land, shrub land, coconut plantation, agriculture land and water bodies. Total land area ...

Azadirechta indica is commonly known as Vembu or neem tree and belonging to family meliaceae. Every part of the above plant - bark, root bark, young fruit, seed, flowers, leaves and the secretionmaterials such as gum and ...

The objective of the study was to investigate the ethno botanical survey of Gymnema sylvestre in diabetes mellitus patients at Kaithady. 80 diabetes patients were identified in the 3 Grama Sevaka (GS) divisions (Kaithady ...

Vernonia zeylanica known as “Kupillay” in Tamil, “Pupula/Heen botiya” in Sinhala, an endemic species of Sri Lanka is an important medicinal plant. Its leaves are used specially for skin disease in Indigenous medicine. ...

Siddha Toxicology deals with Plants, Metals, Minerals and Animal poison. Croton tiglium is a organic irritant poisonous plant of the family Euohorbiaceae which is the poisonous part seeds used for the treatment of constipation, ...

The Sri Lankan traditional medicine is a combination of indigenous medicine of the country and Ayurveda received from India, siddha medicine from south India and Unani from middle east. Sukku (Zingiber officinale) is an ...

Cerebera manghas, commonly known as the Sea mango, Tangena, and Bintaro is a small evergreen tree growing up to twelve metres. It is a coastal plant in Sri Lanka which is primarily found in Eastern Province such as Batticaloa, ...

Akkaram is one of the most common oral disorders. The Siddha text of Pararasasegarabalaroganidhana has mentioned etiological factors, sign and symptoms and treatments of Akkaram. It is manifested in the oral cavity, as a ...

Postnatal period or postpartum period is the period soon after the delivery of the baby and usually last six to eight weeks. During this period mother become anatomically, physiologically and psychologically return to the ...