This is a quasi-experimental study to determine the internal administration of Acalypha indica leaves powder in management of cough. Cough is a natural reflex expulsive defense mechanism of the body, for clearing excess secretions or mucous or inhaled irritants or toxins or foreign substance in the respiratory tract it is the commonest symptom of respiratory diseases. Productive cough means a sudden, noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that effectively removes sputum from the respiratory tract and helps clear the airways, permitting air to reach the alveoli. The treatment of coughs is one area where the use of certain herbal remedies remains common today. In the Siddha system Acalypha indica herb is considered to be effective medicine for cough. This is an annual herb belongs to Family Euphorbiaceae. The researcher administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Fifty (50) clinically diagnosed productive cough patients were randomly selected at District Siddha Ayurveda Hospital, Kopalapura and symptoms were evaluated based on scoring system. Evaluation visit were made baseline on 7th, 14th, 21st , 40th day interval, after final assessment were observed after one week for getting information about recurrence of disease. The effect of treatment was evaluated on basis of changes of degree of symptoms after treatment.Statically highly significant improvement (p<0.000) in reduce of bouts of cough, sputum expulsion, throat irritation and nasal discharge.

The Plants are enriched with variety of ingredients that could be used in the preparation of either synthetic or natural drugs. Thus, scientists have great interest in screening and assessing medicinal plants to promote preparation of new and advance drugs with minimal side effects as well as synergistic effect. Various pharmacological assays were performed to analyse the effectiveness of a plant toward therapeutic drugs. Lepidium as a genus is well known for its extravagant medicinal potential. This study was intended to explore the phytochemicals potential of Lepidium pinnatifidum. Dried powder form of Lepidium pinnatifidum was extracted with crude methanol and then process of fractionation was performed with order of increasing polarity to gain n - hexane fraction (LPH), chloroform fraction (LPC), ethyl acetate (LPE), butanol fraction (LPB) and aqueous fraction (LPA).The qualitative phytochemicals analysis of L. pinnatifidum showed the presence of various important pharmacologically active phytochemicals such as alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, coumarins, phenols, phytosterols, vitamin c, steroids, triterpenoids etc. Plant was found to be enriched with most of the assessed phytochemicals. On the basis of qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis of some important phytochemicals such as flavonoids, saponins, tannins showed that, this plant seemed a potent medicinal agent and could be used as a therapeutic drug in future.

Rasa Shastra forms the core of the Ayurvedic treatment that mainly deals with Parad and a vast number of minerals, metals and animal products having therapeutic as well as alchemical importance. In Rasa Shastra metals and minerals depending on similar composition/properties to different Vargas (groups). Sikata varga is compounds of silica-containing group of drugs having enormous therapeutic value. Classification of Sikata varga was not use in classical manuscripts, the scattered description of features, types and processing into formulation of these drugs and their usage in alchemy; various methods of binding of mercury (Parada bandhas) as well as internal administration were enumerated. Authors of 20th century have grouped these drugs under a specified class called Sikata Varga. The current work has been made to systemic compilation of all scattered information in one place for easy and better understanding of all Sikata varga Dravya in Ayurveda.