Mathan Tailam, an Oily Herbomineral Formulation
Poonam Sethi*, Madhumitha R and Sri Dharani S
ABSTRACT
Mathan Tailam, or ‘Paccai ennay’ is a medicated herbo-mineral oil used in Siddha system of medicine a remedy for healing suppurative wound and in healing diabetic ulcers. Medicated oil prepared by boiling of base oil with juice of prescribed herbal drug and mineral drug till it is dehydrated or near dehydration. This process results in the transfer of some therapeutically active principles of the ingredients into the base oil. Increasing popularity of this medicated oil for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer necessitated the improved methods of standardization. Hence the present work was carried out to develop Standardized Operating Procedure (SOP) for the preparation of Mathan Tailam and standardization in addition to this the physico-chemical parameters and phytochemical constituents were studied.
