Title

A case report on the Siddha management of chronic diverticulosis in an elderly Indian patient

Authors

Vinubharathi Balasubramaniam^1,*, Vinodini Ramamoorthy¹, Thenmozhi Panneerselvam², Shyamala Rajkumar³ & Sathiyarajeswaran Parameswaran⁴

Affiliation

¹Department of Siddha Regional Research Institute, Central Council for Research in Siddha, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, Kuyavarpalayam, Puducherry, India; ²Department of Sci-II Siddha Regional Research Institute, Central Council for Research in Siddha, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, Kuyavarpalayam, Puducherry, India; ³Department of Sci-III & Clinical HOD, Siddha Regional Research Institute, Central Council for Research in Siddha, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, Kuyavarpalayam, Puducherry, India; ⁴Department of Sci-IV & i/c, Siddha Regional Research Institute, Central Council for Research in Siddha, Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, Kuyavarpalayam, Puducherry, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Vinubharathi Balasubramaniam - E-mail: drvinubharathi21@gmail.com
Vinodini Ramamoorthy - E-mail: vinodiniramamoorthy@gmail.com
Thenmozhi Panneerselvam - E-mail: then.mozhi04@gmail.com
Shyamala Rajkumar - E-mail: shyamalasiddha@gmail.com
Sathiyarajeswaran Parameswaran - E-mail: siddha2k6@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2026; Revised August 31, 2026; Accepted August 31, 2026, Published August 31, 2026

Abstract

A 78-year-old male with a long-standing history of constipation-predominant diverticulitis and recurrent lower gastrointestinal bleeding presented with persistent abdominal pain, bloating, indigestion and mild rectal bleeding despite continuous conventional treatment. The condition was interpreted as chronic diverticulosis based on Siddha diagnostic principle. The patient showed progressive symptom relief with post-treatment ultrasonography revealing no acute abnormalities following sustained Siddha management. The Diverticulitis Quality of Life (DV-QOL) score improved markedly from 3.8 to 0.14 over one year, indicating significant enhancement in quality of life.

Keywords

Siddha management, chronic diverticulitis

Citation

Balasubramaniam et al. Bioinformation 22(8): 5179-5184 (2026)

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.