Background: Theeneer (herbal distillates) are getting much popularity in siddha clinical practice. Dry ginger is been extensively used in Siddha formulations in various forms and one of the key ingredient in numerous compound distillate formulations. The Aqueous distillate prepared from the single raw drug, Chukku has not been evaluated with Gas Chromatography studies. Objectives: To Screen the bio active principles of Chukku Theeneer for validating its Therapeutic applications. Methods: The single raw drug, dry ginger was distilled as per the procedures evident in the classical Siddha literatures and the sample is studied through GC-MS analysis. Results: The Distillate from dry ginger (Chukku Theeneer) was found colorless, with pleasant aroma and pungent taste, traditionally these marks its genuine quality. GC-MS studies revealed the presence of mostly aromatic compounds, organic acids, Aldehydes and phenolic intermediate compounds from the distillate. A total 24 compounds has been identified with many of them like ar turmerone, oleic acid, tri decanoic acid, hexa decanoic acid, octacosane, tetracosane, heptacosane has reported pharmacological activities which may support the traditional usage of Chukku Theeneer for wide variety of medical conditions.
