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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Rheumatic Disease
Published in Jason Liebowitz, Philip Seo, David Hellmann, Michael Zeide, Clinical Innovation in Rheumatology, 2023
Ayurveda is an ancient natural medicine system that is 5,000 years old and widely practiced in India.14 Ayurvedic medicine includes multimodal use of herbs and supplements, diet and lifestyle practices, essential oils, and intensive detoxification routines. According to Ayurvedic practice, every person is composed of five basic elements, including space, air, earth, water, and fire.15
Andrographis paniculata (Creat or Green Chiretta) and Bacopa monnieri (Water Hyssop)
Published in Azamal Husen, Herbs, Shrubs, and Trees of Potential Medicinal Benefits, 2022
Pankaj Mundada, Swati Gurme, Suchita Jadhav, Devashree Patil, Nitin Gore, Sumaiya Shaikh, Abhinav Mali, Suraj Umdale, Mahendra Ahire
Ayurveda is an age-old system of medicine that originated thousands of years ago in India. The ancient Vedic knowledge is considered one of the oldest healing sciences. Ayurveda is also known as the “Mother of All Healing”. Plants synthesize an array of secondary metabolites with respect to their defense mechanisms; these secondary metabolites possess certain medicinal properties. It was estimated that there were approximately 100,000 different plant-derived compounds, with many new ones being added to the list every year (Verpoorte et al., 1999).
An Ayurvedic Approach for Healthy Ageing
Published in Goh Cheng Soon, Gerard Bodeker, Kishan Kariippanon, Healthy Ageing in Asia, 2022
Ayurveda has mentioned some conducts regarding diet [13]: Not taking a meal leads to diminished lifespan.Milk is said to be the best among Jeevaniya Dravya (which promotes life)Regular use of milk and Ghrita is said to be the best Rasayana (Rejuvenation).
Where lies the future of Ayurveda-inspired drug discovery?
Published in Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2023
Ayurveda, literally meaning knowledge/science of life in Sanskrit, is an ancient Indian system of medicine. It primarily focuses on health promotion, disease prevention, and diagnosis with detailed guidance about food, nutrition, and lifestyle based on the individual constitution. Ayurveda therapeutics is integrative and personalized that uses dietary and lifestyle modification along with multi-targeted rational synergistic herbo mineral formulations. Ayurveda approach is toward maintenance of homeostasis and regaining natural balance of three humors known as Dosha (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha) also known as Prakriti types. A study on the genetic basis of Dosha Prakriti (pharmaco-phenotype) has emerged as a new discipline known as AyuGenomics® [6]. Synergistic formulation discovery guided by the Prakriti type can address individual variations in therapeutic response and may be more efficient than typical genomic approach.
Oral toxicity evaluation of gokshuradi guggulu, an ayurvedic formulation
Published in Drug and Chemical Toxicology, 2022
Manish M. Wanjari, Yadu Nandan Dey, Mahendra Yadav, Deepti Sharma, Bhavana Srivastava, Shrirang B. Jamdagni, Sudesh N. Gaidhani, Sharad Pawar
Traditional medicines are used by different groups of population in the communities for the treatment of various ailments without proper dosage monitoring with a belief that they have negligible side effects. Some ayurvedic medicines are used for prolonged time period against the disease like diabetes, arthritis, etc. However, these medicines may lead to toxic manifestation after their chronic uses (Eran et al.2016). Some of them are reported while most of the times they remain neglected or unattended. So, proper scientific documentation of toxicity studies of the traditional medicines is required for estimation of their safe and effective doses of administration and the possible toxicological signs. Gokshuradi guggulu is used in Ayurvedic clinical practice for various diseases like urolithisis and diabetes. The toxic effects are also reported for its main ingredient, Gokshura (Tribulus terestris). Hence, the present study assessed the acute and sub-acute oral toxicity of gokshuradi guggulu in rats.
Correlation of body composition parameters and anthropometric somatotypes with Prakriti body types among the Meitei adults of Manipur, India
Published in Annals of Human Biology, 2021
Henry Konjengbam, Yumnam Leona Devi, Sanjenbam Yaiphaba Meitei
Ayurveda is a traditional medicine system of India that developed between 2500 and 500 BC (Subhose et al. 2005). It emphasises maintaining health and treating illness or disease, including lifestyle-related disorders, with its doctrine centres on the concept of tridosha (three basic principles of energy or biological humour), which forms Prakriti (Svoboda 2005; Uniyal et al. 2005). Prakriti is influenced by the environment of the mother’s womb, dietary factors, and lifestyle from time-to-time, depending on the predominant dosha. It is believed to be determined at the time of conception (Bhalerao et al. 2012). It is the totality of the physical, physiological, and psychological make-up of an individual (Singh et al. 2019) and explains the unique traits of an individual.