{"title":"Phytopharmacognostic Review on Bryonia laciniosa (Shivlingi Beej)","authors":"C. Sa","doi":"10.23880/ipcm-16000170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23880/ipcm-16000170","url":null,"abstract":"Infertility varies across the regions of the world and it has been estimated to affect 8 to 12% couples worldwide. Bryonia laciniosa Linn commonly called as shivlingi is a medicinal plant belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae. It is a uterine tonic and improves the chances of conception in women suffering from infertility. Main chemical constituent is ‘Bryonin’ and it is folk medicine, its traditional uses are also reported like adenopathy, ague, asthma, bronchitis, carbuncles, cholera, colic, consumption, convulsions, cough, delirium, fertility, headache, megalospleny, paralysis, phthisis, snake bite. Its pharmacological proven as antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, for obesity and specially for treatment of infertility. According to literature it is fertility enhancer herb used in ayurveda along with Putrajeevak Beej.","PeriodicalId":298121,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Pharmacognosy & Chinese Medicine","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116789943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Study of Drug Utilization Pattern (DUP), at Dental Outpatient Department of a Teaching Institution, in South Delhi, India","authors":"Deep Inder","doi":"10.23880/ipcm-16000174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23880/ipcm-16000174","url":null,"abstract":"Rational prescribing aims at improving the clinical condition, thereby improving the quality of life at affordable cost to the patient. Therefore it is important to know the pattern of drug prescribing in a particular set up. The present study was conducted with an objective to evaluate drug utilization pattern (DUP), at dental outpatient department of a teaching Institution, in south Delhi, India. The study design was prospective and cross sectional. Data from 1000 eligible dental prescriptions during consecutive 4 months was taken from September 2015-january 2016, as per ethical norms. Data was presented as tables and graphs. The prescriptions were analyzed using WHO core indicators. Out of 1000 dental prescriptions, 783 were having prescribed systemic medications. The average number of drugs per prescription was 2.89 and only 0.55% drugs were prescribed by generic name. The number of drugs given by injectable route was only 3%. Total number of prescriptions having antimicrobials were prescribed were (56%). The drugs prescribed from National essential medicine list (NEML) were 80%. We can conclude that there is a need to establish Drug and Therapeutic committees at dental hospitals and to sensitize dental practitioners for rational prescribing at affordable cost to patient. Polypharmacy and indiscriminate use of antimicrobials need to be minimized to prevent drug resistance. Continuing Medical Education (CMEs) and workshops should be conducted from time to time to create awareness regarding the rational use of drugs and to inculcate ethical etiquettes, not to indulge in malpractice.","PeriodicalId":298121,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Pharmacognosy & Chinese Medicine","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124800632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of Vamana (Therapeutic Emesis) and Virechana (Therapeutic Purgation) on BSL (Blood Sugar Level) in Diabetes Mellitus W.S.R. to Madhumeha: A Case Study","authors":"G. Mangal","doi":"10.23880/ipcm-16000161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23880/ipcm-16000161","url":null,"abstract":"Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a clinical syndrome characterized by hyperglycemia due to absolute or relative deficiency of insulin. Long standing metabolic derangement can lead to the development of complications of diabetes, which characteristically affect the eye, kidney and nervous system. DM occurs worldwide and is a major burden upon health care facilities in all countries. The characteristic features of DM have close resemblance with Prameha (disorder with excessive urination and turbidity) in Ayurveda. Madhumeha is a type of Vataja Prameha and is most close to DM. One variety of this Madhumeha (DM) is Aavaranjanya (due to occlusion) in which Vayu aggravates due to occlusion by Pitta or Kapha. This type of Madhumeha (DM) can be managed by Samshodhana (bio-purification) Chikitsa. Panchakarma is becoming popular in the prevention and management of lifestyle disorders. Vamana (emetic therapy) and Virechana (purgation therapy) are the two Panchakarma procedures of Samshodhana Chikitsa that are compatible to overcome this Aavarana (occlusion). A study was planned to assess their combined efficacy in controlling blood sugar level in the patient with DM by adopting classical methods of Vamana and Virechana. Although this is a single case study, but the study yields some very interesting results in reducing the blood sugar levels.","PeriodicalId":298121,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Pharmacognosy & Chinese Medicine","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121467617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Systematic Review of Chinese Medicine for the Treatment of Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding","authors":"W. Meng","doi":"10.23880/ipcm-16000146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23880/ipcm-16000146","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of Chinese medicine in treating dysfunctional uterine bleeding via a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: Clinical trials of Chinese medicine treating dysfunctional uterine bleeding were retrieved with specific search strategy in the following databases: CNKI (from 1994 to December 2016), Wan Fang (from 1980 to December 2016), Pro Quest Medical Database (from 1980 to December 2016), MEDLINE (from 1950 to December 2016) and PUBMED (from 1980 to December 2016). Eligible randomized controlled trials (RCTS) were selected with the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The quality of trials was accessed by the risk of bias assessment tool. Data was extracted into Excel and analyzed by Software Rev Man 5.3. Result: A total of 21 RCTs were included with 2167 patients. The meta-analysis showed that the Chinese medicine group had higher recovery rate than that of the Western medicine group [OR=2.26, 95% CI (1.86, 2.74), P<0.00001]. The effectiveness of Chinese medicine was superior to the Western medicine [OR=3.93, 95% CI (2.99, 5.169), P<0.00001]. There were no significant difference in bleeding arrest in 3 days [OR=0.90, 95% CI (0.49, 1.63), P=0.73] and in 10 days [OR=1.40, 95% CI (0.80, 2.44), P=0.24] between Chinese medicine group and Western medicine group. Few side effects were observed in the Chinese medicine group [OR=0.04, 95% CI (0.01, 0.11), P<0.0001]. The Chinese medicine group also had a lower recurrence rate than that of Western medicine group [OR=0.16, 95% CI (0.06, 0.47), P=0.0008]. Conclusion: Chinese medicine appears to have better overall clinical effect in treating dysfunctional uterine bleeding with less side effects and lower chance of recurrence. However, the quality of the included studies needs to be improved; the findings should be interpreted with caution. Further large-scale, rigorously designed trials are warranted to confirm the findings.","PeriodicalId":298121,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Pharmacognosy & Chinese Medicine","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121614788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Volatile Composition and Biological Activities of Tagetes (Marigold): An Overview","authors":"R. Joshi","doi":"10.23880/ipcm-16000226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23880/ipcm-16000226","url":null,"abstract":"Tagetes commonly known as wild marigold is a plant belonging to family Asteraceae. Tagetes minuta L., commonly known as African marigold, is reputed as a source of ‘Tagetes oil’ of trade that finds an extensive use in food, flavoring, pharmaceutical, perfumery and cosmetic industry. The plant is valued for its essential oil, which is present almost in every part of the plant with little percentage in the stem and roots. The plant is native to South America and has been introduced to many countries since the time of Spanish conquest. Many species of this genus, such as T. minuta, T. erecta, T. patula, and T. tenuifolia, are cultivated as ornamental plants and studied for their medicinal properties based on the basis of their use in folk medicine. Different parts of the Tagetes species are used as remedies to treat various health problems, including dental, stomach, intestinal, emotional, and nervous disorders and muscular pain, across the world. Furthermore, these plants are studied in the field of agriculture for their fungicidal, bactericidal, and insecticidal activities. The plant occurs in temperate forests and mountain regions of the world. Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and Jammu & Kashmir are the main sources of “Tagetes oil” in India where it occurs at an altitude of 1000 to 2500m AMSL. The major constituents (90-95%) of Tagetes minuta essential oil are Z-ß-ocimene, limonene (hydrocarbons) and acyclic unsaturated monoterpenes ketones, dihydrotagetone, tagetones (E, Z) and ocimenones (E, Z). The plant possess pharmacological, phytotoxic effect, antibacterial and antifungal effect, insecticidal properties, nematicidal properties, antiviral and antimicrobial activity and also find use in perfume and flavour industry. Its oil has a great demand, so the species holds a lot of potential for undertaking its large-scale cultivation.","PeriodicalId":298121,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Pharmacognosy & Chinese Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114555247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Irrational and Excessive Use of Antibiotics in Children: A Survey on Parent's Knowledge, Practice and Attitudes in Bangladesh","authors":":. M. N. Amin","doi":"10.23880/ipcm-16000151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23880/ipcm-16000151","url":null,"abstract":"Background and Aim: Antibiotic resistance is a term of global concern worldwide. Irrational and misuse of antibiotic is one of the key factors for this resistance. We aimed to analyze the attitude, knowledge and practices of antibiotics use among parents of children presenting to a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh. Also, correlate it with the gender, education level and previous use of antibiotics by the parents. Methodology: A cross sectional study was performed at a Shishu Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh from November 2017 to March 2018 and a total of 1200 parents were interviewed using a questionnaire developed by the authors. Statistics were used for the analysis of data. Results and Discussion: A total of 1160 parents were included in the present study. Around 15.51% parents correctly identified that antibiotics are used against bacterial infections and only 17.25% parents of total participants knew the meaning of the term antibiotic resistance. Majority of the parents (70.68%) appreciated that misuse of antibiotics could harm the child. Around 67.79% parents mentioned that they don’t use leftover antibiotics from the previous prescription for the next time without doctor’s consult. Our observation was that misconceptions exist about the use and indications of antibiotics. Lack of knowledge about antibiotic resistance was prevalent. But participants were aware of the risks associated with misuse of antibiotics. Conclusion: Pediatricians and involvement of mass media may help to improve the antibiotics knowledge and practices among parents and consequently, control the problem of antibiotic resistance.","PeriodicalId":298121,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Pharmacognosy & Chinese Medicine","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133437953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GC/MS Profiling, In-Vitro Cytotoxic and Antioxidant Potential of the Essential Oil of Pulicaria Crispa (Forssk) Growing in Egypt","authors":"F. El-Fiky","doi":"10.23880/ipcm-16000175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23880/ipcm-16000175","url":null,"abstract":"The essential oil EO obtained by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts of Pulicaria crispa was profiled using GS/MS analysis. The oil was found to contain carvotanacetone as a major component (81.9%). Biological investigation revealed that the oil possessed EC100 value of12.8 µl/ml in the in-vitro cytotoxicity assay against peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCS). The oil showed no immune-stimulant activity. The antioxidant potential of the oil was assayed using DPPH radical inhibition resulting in inhibition percentage of 66.19% and trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) of 9.22µg/ml. The results indicate powerful antioxidant capacity of the oil, which makes it a good candidate to be used as a natural preservative or as a source of natural antioxidants to be incorporated in pharmaceutical applications. The cytotoxicity assay of the oil against colorectal“Caco-2” and hepatocellular “HepG-2” carcinoma cell lines showed IC50 values of 4.73 and 20.11 µl/ml, respectively. The obtained results spot the light on the colorectal anticancer potential of the oil, which should be subjected to future animal experimental study in form of enema.","PeriodicalId":298121,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Pharmacognosy & Chinese Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115797211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phytochemical Screening of Justicia Gendrussa","authors":"Suresh Joghee","doi":"10.23880/ipcm-16000155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23880/ipcm-16000155","url":null,"abstract":"Justicia gendarussa belongs to family Acanthaceae is commonly known as Nili-Nirgundi. It is traditionally used to treat various diseases such as the wound healing, antioxidant, anti-proliferative etc. The aim of the present study was to investigate the qualitative and quantitative estimation of phytoconstituents of aerial parts of alcoholic extract of Justicia gendarussa. Physiochemical constant, preliminary phytochemical analysis for carbohydrates, glycosides, alkaloids, flavonoid, phenols, tannins and saponin and quantitative analysis for total flavonoid and total alkaloid content were carried out by standard procedures. The physiochemical constituents like total ash and acid insoluble ash, water soluble ash were found to be 14.25%w/w, 05%w/w, 7.30%w/w respectively. The results confirmed the presence of carbohydrates, glycosides, alkaloids, flavonoid, phenols, tannins and saponin and the plant extracts shows higher yield of total phenolic content and also flavonoid content.","PeriodicalId":298121,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Pharmacognosy & Chinese Medicine","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115915756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concept of Rajaswala Paricharya (Care for Woman during Menstruation) in Ayurveda: Tool to Enhance Fertility","authors":"Roshni Kp","doi":"10.23880/ipcm-16000185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23880/ipcm-16000185","url":null,"abstract":"Menstruation is considered to be the mirror of reproductive health. In Ayurveda, acharyas mention different charyas for maintaining the health like garbhini charya, soothika charya, rajaswala charya, etc. The charyas or code of conduct mentioned for a rajaswala stree is termed as rajaswala charya and is the most neglected part in the society. The Rajaswala Paricharya helps women to cope up with her physiological changes taking place in the body during the rajaswala period. Acharyas mentioned aharas and acharas which are indicated and contraindicated for maintaining the health. Rajaswala paricharya help women respond healthily to the drastic physical and cyclic changes during the menstrual cycle.","PeriodicalId":298121,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Pharmacognosy & Chinese Medicine","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121860147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obtaining Low-Fat Foods and Improved Nutritional Value","authors":"Tița Ovidiu","doi":"10.23880/ipcm-16000143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23880/ipcm-16000143","url":null,"abstract":"One of the biggest challenges facing food research is the achievement of sustainable food production and, at the same time, the supply of quality food with added functionality for the prevention of diseases regarding the lifestyle. Currently consumers are more aware of food problems and monitor and attempt to harmonize their diet, they have become more preoccupied with improving their general health through daily nutrition","PeriodicalId":298121,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Pharmacognosy & Chinese Medicine","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127903031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}