ANTI-DIABETIC ACTIVITY OF NEERIZHIVU CHOORNAM IN NORMAL AND STREPTOZOTOCIN (STZ) INDUCED TYPE-II DIABETIC RATS

There are several reputed anti-diabetic polyherbal drug are available in Siddha medical practice, all are time tested, proven and synergic herbal combined together for the management of Diabetes mellitus. One among them is Neerizhivu choornam consisting seven herbal ingredient of different families of diverse chemical nature but able to control blood sugar when ingested orally. Particularly this kind of medicine has high attention in Siddha and Ayurveda medicine when compared with other remedies prescribed for Type-II diabetes mellitus. But lack of scientific evidence worsens the use of valuable medicine and it is still under used. Hence the present attempt highlighted the pharmacological of effects of Neerizhivu choornam in normal and experimentally induced type-2 diabetes mellitus. The outcome of results might encourages the physician to clinically expedite the use of Neerizhivu choornam into a greater extent for the management of diabetes.