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Definition of Integrative Medicine (IM) is healing oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person, including all aspects of lifestyle. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship between practitioner and patient, is informed by evidence and makes use of all appropriate therapies[1]. Based on the review and close reading of medical peer-reviewed journals and government health statistics, Null et al. [2] show that the number of people having In-hospital, adverse drug reactions (ADR) to prescribed medicine. The most stunning statistic, however, is that the total number of deaths caused by conventional biomedicine is 783,936 per year, far higher than the number of deaths attributable to heart disease in 2001 that was 699,697 and cancer that wasx553,251. In India, neither do we have any statistics of damages caused by medicine, nor a procedure to record damages due to medical errors and iatrogenic effects. The increase in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases, drug resistance and pharmaceutical complications; growing dissatisfaction with the outcomes of certain biomedical treatments; and the gaps provide conventional health care to several segments of the population, have directed much attention to traditional, complementary and alternative medical (TCAM) systems [3]. This has led global population to conceive the idea of integration of Biomedicine with Traditional Medicine as it may mutually benefit both the medical systems in the form of filling up the gaps. Indian traditional medicine is prevalent around the globe and integration exists scatterdly with modern medicine for different health needs [4]. Siddha system of medicine is one of the traditional medicines of India, practiced in the southern part of the country. It is a primordial system of medicine that existed in the world. Siddhars are the spiritual scientists; they are well versed in Metallurgy, Geology and Phytochemistry. They have used all kinds of herbs, metals, minerals and animal products vastly. Inspite of their popularity, the rational design, proper standardization, and careful monitoring of traditional Indian formulations, along with tough scientific evidence, are essential for their promotion [5]. In our time, there are lots of research are undertaken to bring out the scientific validation of Siddha medicine and they are published in national and international peer-reviewed journals.