Chendooram

Chendooram is a red color powder generally made of metallic compounds and is used in Siddha medicine and remedies.

Formation
Mercury is used in the form of rasa chendooram (red oxide of mercury). Qualitative identification of phytochemical constituents, metallic quantification and in terms of pharmacognostical standardization. Chendooram is the finest particle of Basanam(Metals). It can be from Rasam(Mercury), Gandagam(Sulphur), Veeram(Bi choloride of mercury), Pooram(Per chloride of mercury),Lingam(chinnabar) Manochelai, thirusu(copper sulphate), Thutiam, etc., These are normally poisions but by removing toxins in these metal these could be used for medicines.

Types of Chendooram and Uses

 * Abrachendooram(Diabetes and urinary diseases)
 * Annabhedi Chendooram(Anemia, Jaundice, oedema)
 * Arumugha Chendooram (Anaemic conditions, scrofula, colic, headache and rheumatic diseases. Also in fissured soles, syphilis, sprue, uterine disorders, orchids and gastric ulcer)
 * Ayachendooram(Insufficiency of seminal secretion, spermatorrhoea and premature ejaculation. Also in anemia and rheumatism)
 * Chanda Marutha Chendooram (Arthritis, hemiplegia, paralysis, corea, delirium, fevers and syphilitic sores.
 * Kantha Chendooram (Microcytic anemia, anemia, obesity, oedema, scrotal swelling, rheumatic diseases, enlargement of liver and abdominal tumors)
 * Linga Chendooram (All fevers and diseases due to vitiated "vatha" and "Kapha". Also in skin diseases, nervous debility)
 * Mandoora Chendooram (Anemia, jaundice, vomiting, indigestion, hiccup, tastelessness and loss of appetite)
 * Adikara Chendooram (Menorrhagia, bleeding)