ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE - UNDERSTANDING SIDDHA MEDICINE LOOMS IN SPECIAL REFERENCE WITH MATA ALIVU

Alzheimer's disease (AD), an unceasing progressive neurological disorder of the brain, sorted below the umbrella term dementia named by German Dr. Aloes Alzheimer in 1906. AD is the most typical drawback of aged, found to mount worldwide, poignant with an approximate of thirty million people. The chief common reason behind AD lands up in nuisance with recollection, thoughts, orientation and behaviour that destruct and shrinks the brain. Presently several disease modifying agents, anticholinesterases outline the foremost dwell among the treatment of AD. However, these medications tend to slower the ill health pro-gression. Further researches are going on rapidly for better manifold innovative cure target. In order to per-suade them, this systemic review is carried with the objective to share the responsibility of Siddha’s insight in comprehending the symptoms (Kuṟikuṇaṅkaḷ), and traditional healing (Maruttuvam) rendering integrable pertinence to manage AD. As Siddha Medicine, a foremost traditional medicine of India describes the use of a wide range of medical intervention of assorted diseases. This ample paradigm information could be used for discrete medicine crusade progression, thereby providing newer purposeful edge for AD.