Nowadays, consumption of Ayurvedic medicines/ bhasmas/plants has been increasing due to increased demand and also these consumed medicines don’t lead to abnormal and side effect on any organ or body part. These are prepared by different Ayurvedic practitioners. Ayurvedic herbo-mineral preparations were made by calcinations of purified metals, minerals, since it has been playing a vital role in ...

Ayurvedic medicines have been gaining in popularity around the world in recent decades, but have also been associated with lead contamination and poisoning. In 2012 in Durban, South Africa, a lead poisoning outbreak among adolescents was associated with the consumption of an Ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of skin conditions. In 2014 eight individuals (out of 12 affected) were traced and i...

ing." The following are the personal impressions of the writer who is not a kabiraj but a practitioner of Western medicine, from his study of Ayurvedic books :? The Ayurvedic System of Medicine.?Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, botany, pathology, bacteriology, surgery, midwifery, hygiene and jurisprudence?in all these departments the modern Western system is decidedly superior. There remain the ...

Settings and Design: This study was an open labeled randomized clinical trial which involved 90 depressive patients who were divided into three groups of 30 each, for the administration of imipramine, sertraline, and an Ayurvedic formulation respectively. HAM-D scoring was done and a side effect checklist was also prepared. Materials and Methods: The Ayurvedic formulation consisted of aqueous e...

Ophthalmology in Ayurvedic literature comprises of major part of Shalakyatantra, branch of Ashtang Ayurved. This fact is evidenced by the vivid and systemic presentation of the subject matter, description of ocular trauma (Nayanabhighata) and ocular therapeutics i.e. Kriyakalpa. Kriyakalpa literally means the treatment; but is in vague for ocular therapeutics. Kriyakalpa means the procedures in...

This review deals with the key bioactive compounds and the role of medicinal plants in Ayurvedic systems of medicine in India and their earlier investigation. There has been an increase in demand for the Phytopharmaceutical products of Ayurvĕda in Western countries, because of the fact that the allopathic drugs have more side effects. Many pharmaceutical companies are now concentrating on manuf...

Traditional Indian medicine (ayurveda) is becoming increasingly popular, with many chronic conditions responding to it well. Most patients begin to take conventional medications as soon as their diagnoses are made, so ayurvedic treatments are usually undergone alongside and/or after conventional medical approaches. A detailed knowledge of the action of food, spices, and medicinal plants is need...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Ayurveda views medicine as an art of healing where the physician-patient relationship matters the most. The Ayurvedic healing arts address the growing need of compassionate bedside medicine. The ancient Ayurvedic text, Charaka Samhita, says, “A physician, even if well versed in the knowledge of diseases and their treatments, doesn’t try to enter int...