International Journal of Research in AYUSH and Pharmaceutical Sciences (IJRAPS)
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CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF YOGIC SHUDDHIKRIYA (CLEANSING PROCEDURE) AND MADHUDAK (HONEY AND WATER) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF STHAULYA (OBESITY)
Get PDFLife in today’s materialistic era, has become miserable. As a matter of fact, human life is becoming luxury oriented day by day despite all the odds. According to ecological approach, disease is nothing but a mal-adjustment of human being to his environment. The disruption in environment brings about lifestyle disorders. The sedentary lifestyle of today’s era leads to the non-communicable epidemic of Obesity. Hence for the management of Obesity the therapy which offers modification in the lifestyle will be selected from Yogic Shat-shuddhikriyas i.e. Kapalbhati in comparison with dietary therapy of Madhudak (Honey and Water) as mentioned by Ayurvedic sages. In the present study, 60 patients with features of obesity as per Ayurvedic classics and body mass index more than 25 kg/m2 were selected. This patients will be randomly divided into experimental and control group, containing thirty subjects in each. In experimental group patients were made to perform Kapalbhati yogic shuddhikriya daily at morning whereas in comparison for control group dietary therapy of Madhudak. The study reveals that there was a remarkable decrease in subjective and objective parameters in both the groups, but Kapalbhati therapy is found more effective in every aspects of obesity. Average percentage of relief in experimental group is 27.85% and in control group is 9.93%. Hence to prevent this smoldering problem of present era the ‘Sciences of life’ i.e. Yoga offers the lifestyle modifying, time effective, free of cost, objective therapy (Adravyabhoot chikitsa) through its basic principles
A STUDY OF KAUMARABHRITYA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CHARAK SAMHITA
No full textThe self born propounder of this science Ayurveda- a branch of Atharva veda even before creating living beings, composed it in one hundred thousand verses divided into Astanga ayurveda (8 branches of Ayuveda). The 8 branches are Kayachikitsa, Shalakya tantra, Shalya tantra, Vishgarvairodhik prashaman, Bhoot vidya, Kaumarbhritya, Rasayana and Vajikaran. Kaumarbhritya which is one of the branches of Astanga Ayurveda is defined as the branch of Ayurveda which described the methods of bringing up (looking after) children, purification of breast milk of the mother, diseases arising from drenching vitiated breast milk and their treatment.
Charak samhita though deals or covers all the 8 branches of Astanga ayurveda but it emphasis more in Kayachikitsa. Kaumarbhritya is more elaborately and nicely dealt by Kashyap samhita. The Kaumarbhritya related topics are all scattered in Charak samhita and make it hard for the readers to find out their topics. So, for the convenience of the reader and to make it updated with the changing present era and easily assessable and handy, the present work has been carried out. In total 10 chapters of Charak samhita has Kaumar bhritya related topics. 4 chapters of Sutrasthana, 5 chapter of Sharir sthana and 1 chapter of Chikitsa sthana has Kaumarbhritya related topics. Compiling the scattered topics of Kaumarbhritya available in Charak samhita will make the reader easy to choose its topic of interest in Charak samhita regarding the Kaumarbhritya related topics
A CRITICAL REVIEW ON CONCEPT OF AGNI IN AYURVEDA AND ITS CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Get PDFHealth is the state of mentally and physically well being. According to Ayurveda, when Dosha, Dhatu and Mala are in Sama awastha and Indriya, Aatma, Mann all are working properly then the person is considered as Swastha. For Dosha, Dhatu and Mala to be in the state of proportionality Agni should be normal (Samagni). Agni consist digestive (Pak) and different kinds of hormones, enzyme and co enzymes activities etc. which participate in digestive & metabolic functions. It is believed to be the agency for various types of metabolic transformations. During each and every second various procedure of transformations take place inside the human body. Enumeration of Agni varies in various classical Ayurvedic texts. According to various functions and site of action, Agni has been divided into 13 types, i.e. one Jatharagni, five Bhutagni and seven Dhatvagni. Jatharagni is the most important one, which digests four types of food and transforms it into Rasa and Mala. Ayurveda consider that no disease ever be develop without the derangement of Agni. Therefore in the management of each and every disease, Agni gets primary focus. Though in Ayurvedic literature, a detailed explanation of Agni is available but there is lack of its practical utility. So, this paper is a sincere effort to elaborate the practical utility of Agni
A CASE OF ANKYLOSIS OF PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Get PDFSymphalangism is an ankyloses of interphalangeal joints It is rare congenital disorder affecting interphalangeal joints of fingers and toes.This condition was seen in female aged 21 years in her right hand since birth.She had difficulty in holding the objects and in carrying out her normal activities by her right hand including writing. Her lower limbs joints were normal. She was examined thoroughly and her x-ray showed swan neck deformity of middle finger of right hand. Other joints were normal Her condition was compared and well correlated with available literatures
PHYTOCHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDY OF DHATURA: A REVIEW
Get PDFDhatura is a well known medicinal plants belonging to solanaceae family and also known as devil’s trumpet or thorn apple. According to ayurvedic text it’s all part is used as medicinal drug and as a preparation with other drugs in various diseases. Preparation with other drugs is depends on Rog (disease), Desh (region), Kaal (time), Ritu (season) and Ras panchak. In modern era selection of drug and route of administration very much depends upon the chemical composition or alkaloids present in drug. Dhatura is a rich source of alkaloids such as Hyoscyamine, hyoscine, scopolamine, atropine, withanolides (lactones) and other tropanes. According to alkaloid present, the formulation containing Dhatura having antibacterial, antioxidant, herbicidal, antifungal, antiviral and antiulcer activity. Traditionally it is used in skin disorder, ear pain, cough, fever and asthma etc. The present review summarizes the phyto-chemistry, pharmacological and traditional uses of the Dhatura
A STUDY ON METOPIC SUTURES IN UNKNOWN HUMAN SKULLS
Get PDFAim: Objective of present study is to know the percentages of incidences of complete and incomplete metopic sutures.
Place of the Study: The present study done was on Metopic sutures that came across in dry unknown human skulls in the Department of Anatomy in at Narayan Medical College, Nellore, AP.
Period of Study: This study was carried out during the year 2008-2009.
Materials & Methods: Sixty Two Unknown dry human skulls from the Department of Anatomy in Narayan Medical College, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh constituted the material for the present study. Each skull was examined for the i] presence or Absence of metopic sutures, & their number, ii] type [complete or incomplete] iii] their pattern y-shaped, Vshaped, iv] Extent, v] Their location. Any associated bony abnormalities are also examined.
Results: This study showed more percentages of incomplete Metopic sutures-Metopism [25.80%] & less percentages of complete Metopic sutures in [4.838%]%. Complete Metopic sutures extended from Nasion to Bregma in the mid line over the frontal bone, while Incomplete metopic were found at the root of nose.
Conclusion: This difference in percentages of incidences was due to either population or racial or numerical differences
SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SOME NOVEL HETEROCYCLIC MANNICH BASES
Get PDFVarious novel heterocyclic mannich bases were prepared by using Mannich reaction. Acetanilide was treated with substituted benzaldehyde and morpholine / methyl amine to give corresponding titled compounds in good yields. The synthesized compounds were characterized by physical properties and spectral studies (IR, 1H-NMR) and tested for antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis by using cup plate method with reference to the standard Streptomycin. All the titled compounds show good antimicrobial activity
PROSPECTIVE APPROACH ON DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF NIDRAVIKARA (SLEEP DISORDER/ INSOMNIA) IN AYURVEDA
Get PDFSleep is an essential component of human life to keep health and well-being absence of which cause a lot of neuro-psycho–physiological derailment in the body. In another words if normal sleep is disturbed for a short time it can be managed but if it continues for a prolong period than the condition is called as a diseases which can be termed on the basis of its characteristics like sleep disorder, insomnia etc. Several diagnostics criteria’s including different scales have been taken into practical for diagnosing the variety of sleep disorder. The concept of sleep disorder has also been enriched with description in classical text like Nidranasha, Anidra etc. which has been systematically defined along with a reasonable causing factors. The management of sleep disorder has become a serious issue nowadays looking to the disorders observed in daily life of growing civilization starting from food to working schedule etc. The effect of sleeplessness has put not only work place disturbances damaging the expected outcome rather it has become global epidemic damaging to neuro-psycho–physio-socio-economic load of human being and nation. As per statistics female adults are more prone to sleep disorder amongst the higher socio-economicgroup. This sleep disorder is experienced with obesity, depression and poor inummo system etc. in the long run. The probable and possible management in Ayurveda stands an unique option. The traditional way of management pertaining to sleeplessness/insomnia has been elaborated in this paper
JIWHA PARIKSHA- A MIRROR OF HUMAN HEALTH
Get PDFThe tongue is the primary organ of taste and considered as the mirror that reflects the conditions of the body\u27s internal organs, particularly the organs of digestion and metabolism. The tongue also reflects the overall digestive, nutritive and metabolic conditions of the organism. An ideally healthy tongue will look clean and have a pink colour with no white coating.
In Ayurveda, Acharya Yogaratnakara has mentioned tongue examination as Jiwha Pariksha under Ashtasthana pariksha. Jiwha (Tongue) tells about the Dosha, Agni and Kostha. The tongue is the window to our digestive system. There is a large amount of information that can be learned from this observation, including the health of various bodily systems, toxins within the system, emotional states, and much more.
So, the inspection of the tongue becomes an important starting point in the clinical examination and a careful observation of the state of tongue, its colour, and shape often gives a physician an insight into the current health condition of the patient
IMPACT OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF SECHIUM EDULE (CHAYOTE), IN PREVENTION OF CANCER
No full textChayote (Sechium edule) is a pear-shaped, light green vegetable belonging to the Cucurbitaceae or gourd family. The antioxidant activities of Sechium edule extracts were tested by different established in vitro methods, namely reducing power, β-carotene linoleate model and 1,1- diphenyl-2 picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-scavenging. Leaf ethanolic extracts and seed extracts showed strong inhibitory activity by β-carotene bleaching (AA values of 90%). Furthermore, these extracts exerted hydrogen-donating ability in the presence of DDPH stable radical (IC50 2 μg/ml). These extracts also showed strong reducing power by the potassium ferricyanide reduction method. Leaf and seed extracts may be exploited as bio preservatives in food. Eating Chayote has many health benefits