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Ajay Saxena ¹, P. K. Rai ², Ajay Meena ¹, Anupam Srivastava ¹, Kiran Srivastava ³, Priyanka Pandey ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of AYUSH, New Delhi - 110023, IN
2 CCIM, Janakpuri, New Delhi – 110058, IN
3 Dravyaguna Department, Kanpur University, Kanpur (UP), IN
4 CGHS, Wellness Center, Devnagar, New Delhi, IN

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Ajay Saxena ¹, Pravin Kumar Rai ², Ajay Kumar Meena ¹, Anupam Srivastava ¹, Priyanka Pandey ³, Kiran Shrivastava ⁴, Shikha Sharma ⁵, Gyanendra Dutt Shukla ⁶

Affiliations
1 Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi - 110023, IN
2 CCIM, Janakpuri, New Delhi – 110058, IN
3 CGHS, Wellness Center, Devnagar, New Delhi, IN
4 Dravyaguna Department, Kanpur University, (UP), IN
5 National institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur (Raj.), IN
6 Rishikul P G Ayurvedic College, Haridwar (UK), IN

Abstract

In this mechanical era of very fast life style everyone has to face mental and physical stress and nobody has time to spend for his own health purpose. Hence to obey Dincharya and Rutucharya is far away from them. Shift duties, excessive travelling, irregular dietary habits, junk and fast foods etc. are some of the common causes which help in vitiation of Vatadosas. Considering all the above factors, it is very obvious that the ratio of Vatavyadhies is increased and Sandhivata(osteoarthritis) is one of them.

A series of 20 patients suffering from Sandhigata Vata vis-a-vis Osteoarthritis were randomly selected from O.P.D. and I.P.D. of Panchkarma P.G. Department, Rishikul Govt. Ayurvedic P.G. College and Hospital, Hardwar, Uttarakhand, for the purpose of clinical trials of present study. Out of 20 patients, only 16 patients could complete their full follow-up i.e. 3 months. 04 patients had left against their medical advice. Observation and results were drawn on the basis of pain, swelling, tenderness, crepitus, restriction of joint movement, joint stiffness, severity index of OA, VAS scale of pain and health satisfaction criteria. After full observation of therapies, it was found that no. of patient unchanged was 0, whereas, observed mild improvement was found in 5 patients (31.25 %), moderate improvement in 8 patients (50 %) and marked improvement was observed in 3 patients (18.75 %).

 

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Ayurved, Panchkarma, Sandhigata Vata, Dashmoola, Patients.

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A. Jayanthy ¹, Anupam Maurya ¹, Subash C. Verma ¹, Anupam Srivastava ², Madhira B. Shankar ¹, Rajeev Kr. Sharma ¹

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1 Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homeopathy (PCIM&H), PLIM Campus, Ghaziabad-201002, IN
2 CCRAS, Ministry of AYUSH, New Delhi-110058, IN

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Solanum indicum L. (Fam. Solanaceae) commonly known as poison berry in English is a prickly, much branched perennial under shrub, nearly upto 1m high, mostly found throughout India in warmer parts upto an elevation of 1500 m. This important medicinal plant is widely used in folk and traditional Indian systems of medicine for poisonous affections, skin diseases, ulcers difficult breathing, abdominal pain, cough and dyspepsia. In Ayurveda and Siddha. It is an important ingredient of dasamoola group of plants. The review attempts to highlight various available literature with respect to the therapeutic uses, enthno-medicinal uses, pharmacognostic studies, chemical constitutes and various reported pharmacological activities. Some steroidal alkaloids/glycoalkaloids such as Solasodine, Solasonine, Solamargine, Solanidine and Solanine were reported by various investigators. Pharmacognostic studies revealed the presence black powdery depositions of sandy crystals, throughout the ischolar_main, sclerieds in the cortical region, phloem fibres towards the periphery and uni to biseriate medullary rays in xylem and phloem as the diagnostic characters of ischolar_main of S. indicum. It is reported to have hepatoprotective, anthelmintic, antioxident and antimicrobial activity.

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Solanum Indicum, Enthnomedicinal, Pharmacognostic Studies, Therapeutic Uses, Phyto-Chemical Constitutes, Pharmacological Activities.

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Acharya Balkrishna ¹, Rama Shankar ², Rashmi A. Joshi ², Monali Joshi ², Uday Bhan Prajapati ², Anupam Srivastava ², Vedpriya Arya ²

Affiliations
1 University of Patanjali, Haridwar 249 405, IN
2 Patanjali Herbal Research Department, Patanjali Research Foundation, Haridwar 249 405, IN

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The present study deals with the taxonomic details, geographical distribution and nutritional aspects of Solanum torvum Swartz. used as a vegetable in the states of North East India as well as in several South Indian states. It is also widely distributed in Uttarakhand, though its edible uses have not been reported from this small state in North India. We conducted a study on the nutritional potential of S. torvum berries by evaluating fat, carbohydrates, proteins, energy, total ash and water content using standard methods. HPLC profiling, as well as HPTLC were performed using an in-house protocol developed at Patanjali Research Foundation, Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The presence of triterpenoids, glycosides, alkaloids, flavonoids, phenols, saponins and tannins indicates the nutritional and medicinal importance of S. torvum. Biochemical compounds like carbohydrates (15.5% w/w), proteins (0.31%), fats (1.09% w/w), total ash (1.03% w/w) and water content (82.41%) represent its appreciable nutritional value, especially as a low-fat diet and also its contribution to fighting against nutrient deficiencies.

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Biochemical Composition, Geographical Distribution, Nutritional Value, Solanum torvum, Taxonomic Study.

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