{"title":"JATAMANSI (NARDOSTACHYS JATAMANSI DC. ): INSIGHT OF ITS MORPHOLOGY AND ITS MEDICINAL USE IN AYURVEDA","authors":"Gurpreet Sama, Ankita, Minakshi Kaundal, Ravneet Kaur Chahal, Priyanka S. Thakur","doi":"10.46607/iamj1012012024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46607/iamj1012012024","url":null,"abstract":"Ayurveda is a traditional system of natural health care that originated in India's ancient Vedic times. Its primary\u0000emphasis is on disease prevention and maintaining mankind's health. In Ayurveda, various medicinal plants have\u0000been mentioned to cure diseases. The precious medicinal plants are the backbone of the Ayurvedic system of medicine. One such medicinal plant, Jatamansi (Nardostachys jatamansi DC.), has remained an all-time favourite of\u0000Vaidya's since ancient Vedic times to treat diseases. It is an endangered, primitive, and therapeutic herbal agent\u0000belonging to the family Valerianaceae and has been reported to have many therapeutic activities like Antioxidant,\u0000Antifungal, hepatoprotective, and cardioprotective. It is a well-known drug in the list of Medhya drugs. This review article summarises the potential benefits of this medicinal plant as reported in offline and online literature.\u0000The review also highlights the need to use this plant in the Ayurvedic system of medicine and prospects for further\u0000research.","PeriodicalId":516622,"journal":{"name":"January 2024","volume":"40 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140508720","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}
January 2024Pub Date : 2024-01-14DOI: 10.46607/iamj0212012024
Midhu Krishnan, Nagendra Kumar B.C, S. Shetty
{"title":"TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF MUDGA MASURA ADAKI YUSHA AS PATHYA\u0000IN PANDU ROGA W.S.R TO IRON DEFICIENCY ANAEMIA – A CLINICAL STUDY","authors":"Midhu Krishnan, Nagendra Kumar B.C, S. Shetty","doi":"10.46607/iamj0212012024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46607/iamj0212012024","url":null,"abstract":"Background &Objective: Pandu Roga is a Pitta Pradhana Tridosha Vikara associated with Rasa and Raktha Vaha Srotas. It is characterized by Pandu Varnata, Arohana Ayasa, Dourbalya, Bhrama, and Hrudaya Spandhana. Anaemia is the most prevalent Nutritional deficiency disorder in the world, it affects all age groups but the most vulnerable are preschool age children, pregnant women and non-pregnant woman of childbearing age. Anaemia is a condition where haemoglobin concentration of the individuals falls below the lower limit of the normal range for the age and sex of the individual. Its common clinical features include pallor, exertional dyspnoea, tiredness, and giddiness, and can be correlated with Pandu Roga. Methods: An Interventional Single Arm Clinical Study conducted in 30 subjects for a period of 30 days. Clinical features and Hematological pa-rameters were documented before and after the treatment. Observations were analyzed and findings were evalu-ated by using Software stigma STAT-3 and statistical analysis done by Wilcoxon signed rank test and paired t test. Results: The study shows that Mudga Masura Adaki Yusha have significant effect in clinical features and Haematological parameters significantly. The results obtained were found to be statistically significant at p<0.001 except for Blood picture and RBC shows p=1.000 and p=0.161 respectively. Conclusion: Mudga Masura Adaki Yusha has significant effect in Pandu Roga.","PeriodicalId":516622,"journal":{"name":"January 2024","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140508678","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}