Abstract:
Thalangai ennai is one of the Siddha medicated oil
mentioned in the siddha Pharmacopeia and it is prepared at siddha Drag Unit in
Jaffna and supplied to all Government District Ayurvedic Hospital, Rural Ayurvedic
Hospitals and Central Ayurvedic Dispensaries in Jaffna District. Thalangai ennai is
indicated for various vata disorders such as rheumatic pain, bone degeneration and
impaired movement of limbs. It is a compound medicine and its ingredients are juice
of the thalangai (Pandanus tectorius), sesame oil, milk, water, rock salt and
seventeen different herbal powdered materials.
