Abstract:
Thaalisapaththiri chooranam (T.C) is a poly herbal formulation and used to treat a wide variety of
respiratory tract conditions such as kaasam, shayam, eilai and pitha diseases in Siddha Medicine. It has different
ingredients which are having a wide range of therapeutic uses. Although the method of preparation of the T.C is
mentioned in the eight text books, same variety of ingredients (eighteen) is mentioned in only two books. Therefore,
the preliminary step was to develop the documentary evidences for the medicinal ingredients those are using to
prepare the T.C. Data for the review on 18 ingredients from 13 families were collected from relevant text books and
research sources from October to December 2019. The characteristics of the ingredients that were identified for the
review were morphology; native; parts used; siddha properties such as taste, potency and efficacy; pharmacological
actions and phytochemicals. Among these ingredients, all were identified as herbal materials and 2(11.1%) of the
species were found in Umbelliferae, Myristicaceae, Piperaceae, Combretaceae and Compositae families. Based on
the morphology 8(44.44%) and 6(33.33%) plants were trees and herbs respectively; 8 species (44%) were used as dry
fruits. Among these ingredients, 11(39.2%) were pungent in taste, 15(83.3%) hot potency and 12(66%) pungent
efficacy. Based on pharmacological actions such as carminative [12(27%)] and stimulant [11(23%)]; phytochemicals
such as volatile oil 8(23%) were found in these ingredients. Although this review provides useful documentary
evidences for T.C in health management further extensive scientific studies should be carried out to justify in future.
