Monday, February 6, 2012
Indian Medicinal Plants ; Ayurveda
Indian medicinal plants are the essence of Ayurveda and Ayurvedic treatments. When used judicially and clocking with the basic principles they produce miraculous effects.Their role cannot be confined to mere curation of disease but they also used being of human body.Hence, Ayurvedic drugs are rightly called the elixirs of life. Ayurvedic Herbs played important role in Ayurvedic treatment, from ancient time to this most modern time.
Indian Medicinal Plants / Herbs shows good result on disease cure. Ayurveda is the medical / Health care system which uses this as treatment base with theoretical principles. We need to research many things to find out the pharmacological action of it.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Beta Proteobacteria
Order: Neisseriales
Family: Neisseriaceae
Genus: Neisseria
Species: N. gonorrhoeae
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (also known as Gonococci) is a species of Gram-negative bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea. Neisseria are highly fastidious cocci, requiring nutrient supplementation to survive. These cocci are intracellular and typically appear in pairs (diplococci).
Gonorrhoea symptoms include a purulent (or pus-like) discharge from the genitals which may be foul smelling, a burning sensation during urination and conjunctivitis commonly in neonatal infection, also occasionally in adults. Neisseria is usually isolated on a Modified Thayer-Martin culture plate — an agar plate with antibiotics and nutrients which not only facilitate the growth of Neisseria species, but inhibit the growth of Gram-positive organisms and most bacilli. Further testing to differentiate the species usually includes an oxidase test which will be positive for N. gonorrhoeae, and testing with the carbohydrates lactose, sucrose, and glucose. N. gonorrhoeae will only oxidize (that is, utilize) the glucose.
Since N. gonorrhoeae is resistant to the penicillin family of antibiotics, ceftriaxone (a third-generation cephalosporin) is often used.
Patients should also be tested for Chlamydia infections, since co-infection is frequent
Friday, October 3, 2008
Thridosha
Thridosha
Vãyu (vata), Pitta and Kapha are the three dos, in brief; they destroy and support (sustain, maintain) the body when they are abnormal and normal respectively.
Notes :——The doäs are material substances present in the body always, they have their own definite pramäsa (quantity), gusia (quality) and karma (functions). When they are normal (avikrta) they attend to different functions of the body and so maintain it. But they have the tendency to become abnormal (vi1cta) undergoing increase ( vddhi) or decrease (kaya) in their quantity, one or more of their qualities and fun. ctions. When they becone abnormal, they vitiate their places of dwc. fling—the dhatus (tissues ) because of thu tendency of vitiation, they are called as doãs or vitiators. These thrce—Väta, pitta and kapha—are more intimately concerned with the body, hence cal’ed as lãrlraka doas in dis. tinction to two mänasa doas -the rajas and tamas—which are concerned with the mind. The specific mention of three, a their numbet is to deny any fourth dola as some consider rakta (blood ) as the fourth one.
Though present all ove the body, they are found (predominantly) in the region-below, middle and above, respectively, of the area between the heart and the umbilicus.
Reference Indian medicinal plants
Notes —Doãs are present in every cell of the body attending to its different functions; they are found predominantly in certain places, viz. vãta in the area below the umbilicus, pitta in the area between the heart and the umbilicus; and kapha in the area above the heart.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
ASTANGA ATURVEDA (eight branches of Ayurvetla) Kya, BãLa, Graht, Ordhvaiiga, Saiya,
ASTANGA ATURVEDA (eight branches of Ayurvetla)
Kya, BãLa, Graht, Ordhvaiiga, Saiya, DamWa,Jar and Va—are the eight branches (of Ayurveda) in whicbtreatment (of diseases) is embodied (described)—(5)
Notes --Kayac kitsA branch deals with the treatment of diseases arising ftoxn d -a ders of digestive activity, known in modern parlance as Inner Mediciie; Bãla cikitã is treatment of diseases of children (paediatrics), Graha cikisã means treatment of diseases arising from possession by evil spit its, athogenic micro.organisns etc. and deals mainly with mental diseases (psychiatry). Urdhvafiga cikitsã deals whh treatment of disc. ases of the head inclusive of the eyes (ophthalmology ), ears (otology), nose ( rhinology), throat ( laryngology) and teeth ( dentistry).
alya cikitsã also known as Jastra cikitsd deals with treatment of requiring the use of knife (surgery). Dam str5. cikiisã is treatment of diseases due to poison (toxicology). Jarä cikitsã also known as RasAyana chicitsa deals with treatment of diseases of old age (gerientology, geriatrics). Va cikitsA deals with treatment of diseases like impotence, sterility etc. and making man sexually strong by the use aphcodisiacs (verification).
From those treatises which are very eloborate (hence difficult to study ), only the essence has been collected and this treatise—At.ânga hdaya—prepared which is niether too succinct nor too eloborate.
Reference of Indian Medicinal plants - Part I
Reference of Indian Medicinal plants - Part II