Physico Chemical Standardization of the Siddha Herbo Mineral Pill - Siromaniboopathy Kuligai

Siromani Boopathy Kuligaiis a traditional Siddha herbomineral medicine. The aim of this study was carried out to standardize the drug Siromani Boopathy Kuligaiby evaluating its Organoleptic, physico chemical properties and modern scientific instruments like, Fourier Transform - Infra Red (FTIR) Spectroscopy, SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) with Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDAX) and X- Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF).The organoleptic characters, physico-chemical characters like ash values, pH value, and solubility were analyzed. The total ash value was found to be 9.24%w/w, acid insoluble ash value is 0.76%w/w, water soluble ash value is 6.3%w/w, and moisture content is 6.11% w/w. The pH value is 7.5 and water soluble extractives and alcohol soluble extractives were found to be 8.86% w/w and 5.89 % w/w. The SEM analysis of the drug indicated the existence of nano and near nano particles. EDAX of the drug showed the content of carbon, magnesium, mercury, sulphur, chloride, potassium, and calcium. The FT-IR spectroscopy showed the presence of functional groups like FT-IR spectroscopy revealed the existence of functional groups like phenols and alcohols, alkanes, alkenes, primary amines. XRF analysis demonstrated the drug had mercury, sulphur, selenium, zinc, magnesium, manganese, sodium, calcium, and potassium. Keywords: Physico-chemical properties, Ash values, FT-IR spectroscopy, SEM with EDAX, XRF.