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Title

Management of maxillary polyposis through siddha - A case report

 

Authors

P. Shanmugapriya1,*, R. Gayatri2, K. Varshini2, T. Subathra3 & Ramamurthy Murugan2

 

Affiliation

1Department of Nanju Maruthuvam, National Institute of Siddha, Affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Tambaram sanatorium, Chennai – 47, Tamil Nadu, India; 2Department of Noi Naadal, National Institute of Siddha, Affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Tambaram Sanatorium, Chennai-47, Tamil Nadu, India; 3Domain Expert, National Institute of Siddha, Affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Tambaram Sanatorium, Chennai-47, Tamil Nadu, India; *Corresponding author

 

Email

P. Shanmugapriya - E-mail: sppriyaathamu@gmail.com; Phone: +91 99625 13101

R. Gayatri - E-mail: dr.gayatri.nis@gmail.com; Phone: +91 94953 47599
K. Varshini - E-mail: varshini98kumar@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8248896427
T. Subathra - E-mail: drsuba.bsms@gmail.com; Phone: +91 99440 65099
Ramamurthy Murugan - E-mail: ramsnis@gmail.com; Phone: +91 94431 78112

 

Article Type

Views

 

Date

Received September 1, 2025; Revised September 30, 2025; Accepted September 30, 2025, Published September 30, 2025

 

Abstract

A 45-year-old male with a 7-years history of recurrent antrochoanal polyp (ACP) and severe left nasal epistaxis sought Siddha treatment after conventional therapies failed. He was treated for 14 months with Impooral ilagam, Vasantha kusumakara mathirai, Adathodai manappagu, Seenthil chooranam and Muthu parpam, including drug holidays. Nasal bleeding reduced from daily episodes to once every two months and eventually ceased, with no recurrence during follow-up. This case suggests Siddha medicine may offer a promising non-invasive alternative for managing chronic ACP, warranting further investigation in larger studies.

 

Keywords

Inflammatory polyp; antrochoanal polyp; functional endoscopic sinus surgery; siddha.

 

Citation

Shanmugapriya et al. Bioinformation 21(9): 3374-3380 (2025)

 

Edited by

P Kangueane

 

ISSN

0973-2063

 

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

 

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.