Presently, Dengue fever is spreading fast an wide all over Tamil Nadu. Because of this, separate Dengue wards have been set up in all the Head District Hospitals and treatment is given to the public affected by Dengue fever.
Though there are medicines in the allopathic English medicine system to cure this, our own local concoction n the Siddha Medical System, made from Nilavembu plant (Andrographis panicutala in English) and the juice extracted from papaya tree leaves functions better by increasing the body resistance to the illness and in driving the fever away.
Because of its immediate and high-response cure for Dengue, this concoction from nilavembu is being distributed free to the public through various agencies. Nilavembu is a plant which grows both in the residential and forest areas bearing white flowers. The rural people call this plant ‘siriyaanangai sedi’ in Tamil. This tastes extremely bitter. However, this herb acts as a sure-fire cure to several illnesses – persistent fever, Dengue fever, malaria, chikungunya, swine fever, skin complaints, edema, bile-related complaints, pain in the joints, body-ache, AIDs, etc.
Further, nilavembu enhances body resistance to diseases. It also keeps the sugar level in the blood under check, thus helping the diabetics!