Review of Rhizomes under Zingiberaceae and Liliaceae family for its expectorant activity
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Siddha system of medicine is one of the oldest traditional systems of medicine, which has been originated from India and it is practiced mostly in the southern part of this country for treating various diseases including chronic conditions.It consists lots of herbs and treat the diseases by their vast activities. Expectorants are medicines,that increase the secretion of mucins and are defined as drug that induce discharge or expulsion of mucus from the respiratory tract. In siddha expectorants are mentioned in the term “Kozhaiagatri”. There are many parts of the plants are used to treat respiratory diseases by their expectorant activities. Among that rhizomes,a tuberous or bulbous roots of trees are used as expectorants. Rhizomes of family Zingiberaceae and liliaceae are widely used as a raw drug in siddha medicine formulations. It has vast variety of medicinal uses based on their aromatic properties. In this study we have notified the wide spread usage of rhizomes under Zingiberaceae and liliaceae family to treat by their expectorant activity.
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