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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
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Published in Carolyn Torkelson, Catherine Marienau, Beyond Menopause, 2023
Carolyn Torkelson, Catherine Marienau
While the three doshas of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha are present in everyone, each person has a dominant dosha or a combination of two doshas. When you understand how to balance your doshas, you can dramatically improve your quality of life and ease chronic health problems, especially insomnia. Understanding your constitution, or dosha, and matching your lifestyle accordingly are essential in the Ayurvedic tradition. Consulting with an Ayurvedic practitioner is often the best approach to better understand and benefit from the healing power of Ayurvedic medicine.
Quality Control of Ayurvedic Medicines
Published in D. Suresh Kumar, Ayurveda in the New Millennium, 2020
V. Remya, Maggie Jo Alex, Alex Thomas
The safety of medicinal products is a major concern in modern healthcare. While it is popularly believed that ayurvedic medicines are harmless, the reality may be different. Most of the ayurvedic physicians believe that ayurvedic medicines can never evoke undesirable side-effects. It is stated in Caraka Samhita that even a strong poison can become an excellent medicine if administered well. However, even the most useful medicine can work like a poison, if handled carelessly (Thatte and Bhalerao 2008). The appearance of undesirable side-effects of ayurvedic medicines can be prevented by strengthening quality control in the ayurvedic medicine manufacturing sector and preventing the adulteration of such products. Administration of these medicines, according to the principles of Ayurveda, is also equally important. Quality control and good diagnostics should, therefore, go hand-in-hand.
Anti-quorum sensing, antibiofilm, and antibacterial activities of extracts of Centella asiatica L. leaves, and in vitro derived leaves-calli through tissue culture: a potential for biofouling-prevention
Published in Biofouling, 2022
Mo Ahamad Khan, Haris M. Khan, Irfan Bashir Ganie, Sachin Kumar, Anwar Shahzad, Ismail Celik, Mohammad Shahid
Centella asiatica L. is a tiny succulent herb belonging to the family Apiaceae, which has several branches that root at the nodes and may be found at elevations ranging from sea level to 4400 feet. Its English name is Indian pennywort, and in the native local language, it is called Brahmi, Mandukaparni, or Gotu Kola. In traditional ayurvedic medicine, the parts of this plant such as the stem, leaves, and aerial parts are used as a brain tonic. These plant parts are also used to treat chronic diseases such as hypertension, skin diseases, urethritis, and mental disorders (Uddin et al. 2017). Centella asiatica has been reported to show antibacterial (Sieberi et al. 2020), anticonvulsant (Sudha et al. 2002), antifungal (Naz and Ahmad 2009), anti-inflammatory (George et al. 2009), antioxidant (Hamid et al. 2002), antipsoriatic (Sampson et al. 2001), antiulcer (Cheng et al. 2004), antiviral (Yoosook et al. 2000), antitumor (Bunpo et al. 2004), and insecticidal (Senthilkumar et al. 2009) activities. It is also used as a cardioprotective agent (Gnanapragasam et al. 2004) and for the treatment of venous deficiency (Pointel et al. 1987).
Medicinal plants in mitigating electromagnetic radiation-induced neuronal damage: a concise review
Published in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2022
Shamprasad Varija Raghu, Avinash Kundadka Kudva, Golgodu Krishnamurthy Rajanikant, Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga
Loranthus longiflorus or Loranthus micranthus(Figure 1) is a medicinal plant belonging to the family Loranthaceae. It is commonly known as “Vada” in the Indian Ayurvedic medicine system. It is a semi-parasitic woody plant and is indigenous to tropical regions of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Australia (Zorofchian Moghadamtousi et al. 2013). It has been shown to have wide medicinal properties such as astringent, diuretic, and narcotic activity. It has also been shown to be beneficial in treating renal calculi, ulcers, swelling, asthma, and tuberculosis.This plant contains various bioactive compounds/phytochemicals, such as lupeol, sitosterol, flavonoids, tannins, saponins, alkaloids, glycosides and resins that may contribute to its biological effects (Griggs 1991).
Larvicidal activity of Zinc oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles Synthesis using Cuscuta reflexa extract against malaria vector (Anopheles stephensi)
Published in Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2020
Cuscuta reflexa (Family: Convolvulaceae) commonly known as ‘Amar bel’ is an angiosperm parasite. The seeds are alterative, anthelmintic and carminative. They are used in the treatment of bilious disorders. The plant is employed in Ayurvedic medicine to treat difficulty in urinating, jaundice, muscle pain, and coughs. A preliminary screening of crude acetone extract of C. hyalina Roth. has been conducted against the laboratory-reared pre-adult stages of common house mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus [2]. While, the effectiveness of entomopathogenic fungus, Aspergillus flavus, combined with petroleum ether extract of C. reflexa against An. stephensi and Cx. quinquefasciatus larvae have been determined [3]. Further, the larvicidal efficacy of Temephos and the Petroleum ether, Hexane and Methanol extracts of C. reflexa alone and their combinations against the anopheline and culicine larvae has been evaluated [4]. Unfortunately, the secondary metabolites and product of plants have the slow reaction against the mosquitoes. Therefore, it is needed to develop the eco-friendly and rapid technology for the mosquito control, so that people can be protected from the vector-borne diseases.