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Ayurveda is known as the science of life. The main aim of Ayurveda is to maintain health of the healthy person and to cure the illness of diseased person. In Ayurved nidanpanchaka is described as tool of disease diagnosis. Upashaya in nidanpanchaka has described in 18 types. Among that Hetuviparitathkari Upashay is one type which can be also specified as Aharatmak ,Viharatmak and Aushadhiupashay. According to Ayurveda;Vat , Pitta and Kapha are the pillars(tristhuna) of human body. Vat and Asthi has Ashrayashrayibhav and inversely proportional to each other so Asthikshaya causes Vatprakopa  according to samhitas.[5] But here we are studying walking as a Upashayatmak factor for Asthikshaya.

    To assess role of walking in prevention of Asthikshaya with special reference to Osteoporosis by evaluating Bone Mineral Density and Serum Calcium (BMD) and Serum calcium levels in Asthikshaya. It is observational comparative analytical study.Duration of study will be 18 months. Total number of 250 subjects will be selected according to criteria, divided in to two groups. Group A – 125subjects-active walkers. Group B – 125 subjects-non active walkers.

Bone densitometry: A bone mineral density (BMD) test measures how much calcium and other types of minerals are in an area of your bone. There are two types of this test. Here I will using the following type.Peripheral DEXA (p-DEXA). These smaller machines measure the bone density in your wrist, fingers, leg, or heal. The most common and accurate way uses a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan. DEXA uses low-dose x-rays.

Measurements: T-score compares your bone density with that of a healthy youngwomen

1. normal : A T-score is within the normal range if it is -1.0 or above.

2. abnormal: T-score- Between -1 and -2.5, you may have early bone loss (osteopenia).

Keywords – Asthikshya, Walkers non walkers

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From time immemorial man has been depending on natural resources for food, shelter, medicine, fiber and other material requirements. The traditional uses of natural resources were developed through trial and error and the knowledge relating to these were transferred from generation to generation by word of mouth, stabilized and have no written literature. This period can be considered as the past period. The  present period in my view can be considered with origin of the subject Ethnobotany  in the 19th century , the term coined by John W Harshberger in 1896 who defined it as the “ Plants used by primitive or aboriginal people and Ethnobiology by Edward Casetter  in 1935 as “ Utilization of plants and animal life by primitive people “. Recently the terms refer more specifically about the study of less sophisticated communities viz. tribal/rural communities and their association, interaction and interrelationship with the ambient natural resources. This area is essentially a socio-ecological research concerned with the study of the traditional knowledge system, culture, belief etc .of the above mentioned communities with the objective to preserve/conserve, those which are fast disappearing by documenting them and at the same time undertaking scientific investigations to bring out products  useful to the society. The study adopts a systems approach rather than a sectarian approach and it is essentially a multidisciplinary program of research with transdisciplinary approach to study the problems and find solutions where ever necessary. Ethnomedicine is one of the main components of this area  which deals with the traditional usage of natural resources for treating a variety of ailments, which is cheap and with less or no side effects. Moreover it had given/ gives leads to the development of drugs in all other systems of medicine. Hence considered as the “Mother of all systems of medicines”. The future discusses the prospects of Ethnomedicine in the light of newly emerging diseases viz. AIDS, Nipa and Covid-19 etc. The present communication is presented with theoretical references and about 25 years field experience of the author, as an Ethnobotanist, who worked among the tribal and folk communities of Kerala State,India.

Keywords : Ethnomedicine, Ethnobotany, traditional communities, natural resources, chronology.

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Last  25 years laser acupuncture has been applied very successfully for over all the doctors in the world.

Laser means Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. The one is afraid of acupuncture needles; Laser is very comfortable for acupuncturists and the patients, especially for child's diseases.

1 calorie= the energy in order to increase 1-degree Celsius of 1 gr water

Laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation):.

First; It has been thought by Albert Einstein in 1917. But; Maiman first built laser apparatus in 1960

The smallest particle of the unit is ATOM. Smallest of the particle of Light is PHOTON

Every cell of human absorbs 100.000 Light photons.

OBJECTIVE: There are many acupuncture laser equipements such as helium neon ,diode,Ga Al As

METHODS:

The acupuncturist choses the acupoints according to TCM.Session time are generally very short.(15-20 minutes)

LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY (LLLT)

The Features of laser Light

• Cohorence
• Monochromatic
• Photons are not divergence
• Powerful Light
• Very narrow(Nanometer)

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Statement of the Problem: Insomnia is a sleep disorder that regularly affects millions of people worldwide. Individuals with insomnia find it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep. It commonly leads to daytime sleepiness, lethargy, mood swings, anxiety, stress and a general feeling of being unwell, both mentally and physically. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the results of a treatment using auricular acupuncture associated with Chinese dietary counselling. A second goal is to demonstrate why erroneous eating habits can be one of the causes of insomnia. Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: To prove that insomnia can be treated with auricular acupuncture and Chinese dietary counselling, a retrospective research of over 1500 patients’ records was done. 55 (3.66%) of these patients were selected based on having insomnia diagnosis in their records and had performed previous treatment with auricular acupuncture associated with Chinese dietary counselling. Findings: Of the total amount, 30 (83.33%) considered their insomnia as a main symptom which affected their lives daily. After the first month of treatment (four sessions), more than 80% of the patients felt improvement of their insomnia symptom.  Conclusion & Significance: The majority of patients who had undergone auricular acupuncture associated with Chinese dietary counselling for the treatment of insomnia had been completely cured or had significant improvement.  The study also concluded that patients who not compromised with the dietary changes did not achieve the same positive results as those who agreed with them.

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Signal transducer and activator of transcription factor 3 is one of the members of a family of transcription factors that play an active role in promoting synovitis and joint erosion in rheumatoid arthritis patients leading to crooked appendages and severe pain in the long term. However, the role of STAT3 in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis has not been explored for the STAT3-targeted design and development of new antirheumatic therapeutic drugs. Most of the drugs used in clinical practices are either NSAIDs or DMARDs, which suppress inflammatory responses by blocking cyclooxygenase enzymes that inhibit the production of prostaglandin to relieve pain. These drugs are not plant-based and have major side effects on patients. In this study, STAT3 was targeted through in silico analysis to find natural products from databases that have a potential role in inhibiting STAT3 in the inflammation reaction. This included data mining, functional enrichment analysis, and other systems-based analytical approaches. I found 108 genes associated with an inflammatory response mediated by STAT3, which were further enriched to yield 16 STAT3 high interactive genes. The Herb Ingredients’ Target Analysis (HIT Analysis) by STAT3 high interactive genes revealed that 79 natural products directly interact with STAT3, 3 with JAK1, 13 with JAK2, 4 with JAK3, and 9 with JAK-binding Proteins.

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Introduction: Burukutu and pito are alcoholic beverages produced mainly from grains such as guinea corn and millet. This study investigated the health implications of pito, burukutu-guinea corn and burukutu-millet in male albino rats: a haematological and liver function approach.

Methods: Three locally brewed beers were purchased from locally brewed beer joint in Wukari, Nigeria. Twenty male albino rats were used and were randomly distributed into four groups of five rats each. Group 1 served as normal control, while groups 2, 3 and 4 were administered pito, burukutu-Guinea corn and burukutu-millet (10mL/kg bwt) respectively for 21 days before being sacrificed.

Results: Result showed that ALT and AST activities increased in all the groups administered the different beer compared to the control. Cholesterol increased in group 2, but decrease in group 4. Potassium and glucose reduced in all test groups compared to the normal control. The differences in cholesterol, potassium and glucose levels are statistically less-significant (p>0.05) compared to the control. The liver histoarchitectural state of the test animals administered the beers compared to the control animals showed the beers had toxic effect on the animals. There was evidence of infiltration and distortion of some regions of the liver tissue in the test animals. This agrees with the results of serum biochemical parameters evaluated. The WBC, LYM and GRA increased in group 3 and reduced in groups 2 and 4 compared to the control. The MID reduced in all the test groups compared to the control. RBC, Hb and HCT increased in all the groups compared to the control. The MCV increased only in group 4 and decreased in groups 2 and 3. The MCH, MCHC and RDWc reduced in all the test groups, while PLT, PCT, MPV and PDWc increased in all the test groups compared to the control.

Conclusion: This study has shown that constant administration of pito, burukutu-guinea corn and burukutu-millet in the test animals for a long duration caused alterations and negative effect on the liver function, but may not interfere negatively with the Hb and RBC count.

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Introduction: Ovarian insufficiency is a major problem during reproductive ages. Patients usually present with either infertility or early onset menopausal symptoms. In the majority of cases, egg donation is suggested as the ultimate option after failure of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) methods. Beside the high risk of failure and high financial cost of this procedure, it can bear a significant emotional and physical stress to the families. Therefore, many patients look for a promising, not expensive and less invasive method. Traditional Chinese medicine would be a good suggestion.
Method: 102 patients in reproductive ages with history of 1 to 15 years of infertility and 1-6 failed IVF trials who were candidate for egg donation were included. An acupuncture and moxibustion method was performed for those who agreed to experience it. The treatment was continued for two rounds of 10 sessions twice weekly unless pregnancy occurred during the protocol. The AMH and FSH levels were checked at baseline and after each round of treatment. Those who did not agree to receive the acupuncture procedure were followed up for the same period of time while they were waiting for egg donation.
Results: Among the study cases, 7 (6.8%) got pregnant during the study and left the hormonal assay comparison. Among those who completed the study, the AMH and FSH level showed no significant difference at the baseline between case and control groups while after the treatment the hormonal assay had changed significantly for AMH. The FSH level did not show any significant difference after the first course. However, after the second round of treatment, this hormone showed a significant decrease.
Discussion and conclusion: this study shows a promising effect of acupuncture and moxibustion in female factor infertility. However, further studies with bigger sample sizes and better blinding methods should be performed to achieve more reliable results.

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Acupuncture has been practiced in different countries for thousands years to treat and/or alleviate many diseases. Based on WHO report, acupuncture can be applied for over 100 diseases. In the last few decades, studies have been done to find its mechanism of action. One of its main mechanisms is modulating the immune function. This review collated available biological evidences for such effects.
In this work, literature search was performed to obtain the relevant papers from 1980 to 2021.
Based on the results, acupuncture exerts its effects through four main categories: First, triggering molecular and cellular changes which starts from the microenvironment in the acupoints. This is the release of anti-inflammatory substances and inhibition of releasing pro-inflammatory factors in the local microenvironment. Second, expansion of the response to the body by activating certain chemokines like bradykinin, histamine-like substances, heparin, IL6, IL1 and TNF-α. Such networking chemokines act on the neuro-endocrine system and nervous system by increasing adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and serotonin. The later, through pituitary adrenal axis, regulates inflammation and healing process. The action of acupuncture on immunomodulation is also mainly related to the reticular formation of the brain and the associated mediators (CRH, ACTH, cholecystokinin, bombesin, encephalin, dynorphin and etc.) which is involved in feedback controls. Third, endogenous opioids like endorphin are increased in plasma and brain tissue while acupoints are stimulated and also affect the levels of serum immunoglobulin, activity of natural killer cells, generation of cytotoxic T lymphocyte, chemotaxis of monocytes and the levels of interferon γ. Fourth, acupuncture treatments have dual immunomodulatory effect in either Th1-or Th2-skewed conditions to maintain homeostasis. Such effect will be utilized in controlling autoimmune disorders.
It is concluded that acupuncture works as an all-in-one asset to promote homeostasis within the body. Having the biological evidence beside clinical efficacy reports provide a strong fact to integrate this treatment into the conventional medical practice.

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Since the start of Corona pandemic there has been a wide range of reactions among integrative medical practitioners. Since there was no well-established conventional therapeutic strategy towards this infection, some practitioners suggested to use the alternative medical approaches to subside the signs and symptoms. Some others preferred to close their clinics to safe guard themselves from being infected. Here, we report the results from an ongoing survey from practitioners in different fields of integrative medicine to evaluate the main stream reaction to such an unpredicted crisis in Iran. Furthermore, we are studying how prepared the integrative medical clinics are to tackle this situation, improve the contribution of integrative health care in treatment and rehabilitation of Covid patients, and to plan for a better reaction to similar situations in the future.
For this study, an online questionnaire was prepared and distributed among those who practice different kinds of integrative medicine in Iran. The results were directly transferred and saved to a database for further evaluation.
Based on preliminary results from 110 participants, the majority of respondents mentioned that, their clinics have been closed for periods of high picks due to governmental acts (91.8%). Sixty eight (61.8% of) active integrative medical clinics had fundamental issues which could make it unsafe regarding the transmission of disease during pandemics. Only less than 5 percent of practitioners had used their methods for patients admitted in hospitals. However, 79.1% had used these methods for rehabilitation of patients affected by corona virus.
Our study shows that, despite high potential of integrative medicine in managing the corona virus infection and rehabilitation of patients, this role has been undertaken by health care system. Additionally, many of practitioners are not ready enough to face the pandemics of infectious diseases.

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The people are already very much undergoing of allopathic medicine due to different disorders across the Globe. One of the major health problem is metabolic disorder where the rate of consumptions of pills is more. This burden of consumption allopathic medicine is again increased much more during currant scenario which is occurred by COVID-19.

By consuming many allopathic medicine, there is lots of burden which is not only it hamper the health of particular person who is consuming it, but also it is hampering over the modern health system, i.e. there was very horrible situation happening in the  COVID-19 crisis scenario.

As Ayurveda is the ancient science & also known as the science of the life. Ayurveda does not only tell about the how, one can cure the diseases it also tells about how someone can be leave healthy without diseases. i.e. the objectives of the Ayurveda are as, “swasthasya swasthy rakshanam, & aturasya roga prashamanam cha”.

So, Ayurveda could be helpful over this worst situation (low down the rate of consumptions of pills)? How it can be? It will be explored over here. In other word, Ayurveda, could be very effectively, low down the consumption of pills (i.e.modern medicine). There are many solutions over this problem, such as by eating healthy food, avoiding the junk food, following the dincharya (daily routine), rutucharya (following seasonal regimine), seasonal purification, taking mental care etc & many more.

The “swassthasy swasthya rakshanam” to prove this principle fruitful one should be aware about their daily routine (Dinacharya)

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Diabetes is a chronic disorder of glucose metabolism and a major cause of heart disease and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the worldwide population specially population living in Asia. India is considered as diabetes capital of the world with total cases at around 62 million. In recent times, plant-derived medicinal compounds are being widely used and are suggested by doctors to be used in a number of ailments due to their minimal side effects and numerous positive effects on human health. Out of many such plants, fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum Linn) of Fabaceae family which is primarily a spice has attracted the attention of scientists from across the globe. The hypoglycemic effect of fenugreek is well known in diabetic subjects including experimental animals as well as humans. Wonderful functional and medicinal values of fenugreek are attributed to its chemical composition (20-25% proteins, 45-50% dietary fiber, 20-25% mucilaginous soluble fiber, 6-8% fixed fatty acids and essential oils, and 2-5% steroidal saponins. Moreover, some minor components such as alkaloids (trigonelline, choline, gentianine, carpaine, etc), free non-essential amino acids (4- hydroxyisoleucine), and individual spirostanols and furastanols like diosgenin, gitogenin and yamogenin have also been identified and determined as the main component for its various biological effects. Various studies suggested that the presence of 45.4% dietary fiber of which 32% are insoluble fibers and 13.3% are soluble fibers are responsible for its hypoglycemic activities. Apart from hypoglycemic effect, fenugreek is reported to have anticancerous, antimicrobial, antioxidant, nephroprotective, anti-inflammatory effects. Among these beneficial physiological effects, the hypoglycemic property of fenugreek, both of which are mainly attributable to the intrinsic dietary fiber constituent, have promising nutraceutical values.