Thursday, 11 September 2008

Management of Acid peptic disease in ayurveda


Almost all gastric disorders can be managed well in ayurveda ,in fact all treatments in ayurveda aim at balancing the digestive fire .
Many people are not aware that ayurveda has the best cure for all these disease and of course avoiding all actions and foods which has basically caused them is mandatory , be it ayurveda or any system of treatment for that matter.
The most common conditions like gastric and duodenal ulcer can be treated with medicnices which give immediate relief and medicines which aim at curing the condition .Both modalities have to adopted for best results .virechana woulsd be handy in all these conditions .the treatment can take anywhere between one month to six months .Acid reflex or reverse peristalsis is another common condition seen and it can also be manged well with ayurvedic medicines and proper diet.

Tuesday, 9 September 2008

Endangered plants in used in ayurveda


This article is for doctors and not for patients.
Lets include some practically useful things in our curriculum.
.I would ask how many of our doctors including me know the endangered species , a handful would be knowing ,It should be included in curriculum in dravya guna and be should be taught to students.We study virya ,vipaka ,guna ,karma ,synonms ,its also important that we study the status of the plant or animal we are dealing with ,whether it is endangered or not.
"With demand and commercialisation growing fast, the future of the wild plants which have helped most of humanity for centuries is now more uncertain than it has ever been," One species highlighted by Plantlife as being under threat is tetu lakha (Nothapodytes foetida), a small tree found in rainforests in south India and Sri Lanka and used for anti-cancer drugs in Europe. Others include a saw-wort known as costus or kusta (Saussurea lappa) from India whose root is used for chronic skin disorders, and the tendrilled fritillary (Fritillaria cirrhosa) from Sichuan, China, used to treat respiratory infections.
Although the crisis has been looming for years, the herbal medicine industry is failing to ensure the sustainability of its supplies. It has established that 11 of 16 herbal companies in the UK, for instance, harvest all the plants they sell from the wild, and the remaining five grow only a small proportion.
As practising ayurveda doctors we should be aware of endangered plants and animals ,it gives us environmental responsiblity .other reason is it is getting stricter and stricter in foreign countries countries where medicines are exported from Asian countries.

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