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A RIVIEW ON STANDARDIZATION OF AYURVEDIC FORMULATION

Ayurveda is one of the oldest systems of medicine and has been used for centuries to promote health, prevent diseases, and restore balance in the human body. In recent years, the demand for Ayurvedic medicines has increased worldwide because of their natural origin and holistic a...

CLINICAL EVALUATION OF TOPICAL ASHWATHA (FICUS RELIGIOSA LINN.) OINTMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PARIKARTIKA (ACUTE FISSURE-IN-ANO): A SINGLE CLINICAL CASE REPORT

Background: Parikartika (Acute Fissure-in-Ano) is a distressing anorectal disorder characterized by severe cutting pain (Parikartanavat Vedana), intense burning sensation (Daha), fresh rectal bleeding (Rakta Srava), and persistent internal anal sphincter spasm. Modern conservativ...

ACCELERATED HEALING OF OCCULT SCAPHOID FRACTURE USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE THERAPY: A CASE REPORT

The scaphoid is the most commonly fractured carpal bone, accounting for approximately 60% of all carpal fractures.[1] The injury is commonly seen in active young adults after a fall on an outstretched hand. These fractures sometimes are missed or misdiagnosed as simple wrist spra...

FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF HERBAL ANTIOXIDANT GEL

Prolonged exposure to blue light emitted by digital screens has emerged as a growing concern in modern dermatology, as it penetrates the skin and triggers oxidative stress, accelerating premature aging and pigmentation. While synthetic photoprotectants exist, their safety and tol...

PRAKRITI PARIKSHAN IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: AN AYURVEDIC DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH—A BRIEF REVIEW

Ayurveda, the science of life, aims to preserve health and prevent as well as treat disease. Among its fundamental concepts, Prakriti refers to an individual's innate constitutional makeup, determined at conception by the relative predominance of the Tridosha (Vata, Pitta, and Ka...

AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF KAPHAJA PRAMEHA THROUGH RUTU SHODHANA WITH REFERENCE TO ANUSANGITVA – A CASE STUDY

Prameha is a chronic metabolic disorder described in Ayurvedic classics in which derangement of Dosha, Dushya, Agni and Kleda plays an important role in its pathogenesis. Among the various types, Kaphaja Prameha is predominantly associated with Bahudrava Kapha, Meda, Mamsa and Kl...

AMLAPITTA: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW FROM THE AYURVEDIC PERSPECTIVE

Amlapitta is one of the most prevalent lifestyle disorders characterized by vitiation of Pitta Dosha with increase in Amla and Drava guna of Pitta. It manifests with symptoms like Tikta amlodgara, Hrit Kanta Daha, Utklesha, Avipaka, Chardi, Aruchi. The increasing prevalence of im...

COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AMONG SCHOOL GOING ADOLESCENT GIRLS USING DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND STRESS 21 (DASS-21) AND HOSPITAL BASED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION (HADS) SCALES

Background: Adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable to depression, anxiety, and stress because of rapid biological, psychological, and social changes. Screening for psychosocial-wellbeing and understanding the interrelationship between screening results is a matter of resear...

INTERVENTION OF A STRUCTURED SIX-WEEK YOGIC ASANA TRAINING PROGRAM ON MULTIDIMENSIONAL BALANCE PERFORMANCE: A CONTROLLED RELATIVE STUDY

Background: Balance is a fundamental component of human movement and physical performance, involving the complex integration of visual, vestibular, and proprioceptive information to maintain postural stability and coordinate appropriate motor responses. Yogic asanas, particularly...

FROM EMPIRICAL HERBAL MEDICINE TO PREDICTIVE THERAPEUTICS: THE ROLE OF AI AND MULTI-OMICS

Purpose: Medicinal plants are the richest source of structurally diverse biologically active compounds. Herbal leads discovery can also be accelerated using artificial intelligence and multi omics technologies. This review evaluates and summarizes the applications of artificial i...

STIMULI-RESPONSIVE NANOCARRIERS FOR TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY: FROM FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS TO CLINICAL TRANSLATION

Conventional pharmacotherapy often faces limitations such as low aqueous solubility, non-specific biodistribution, rapid clearance, and systemic toxicity, which limit the availability of active agents at the target site. In the last two decades, stimuli-responsive nanocarriers ha...

SUCCESSFUL CONCEPTION IN ENDOMETRIOSIS THROUGH AYURVEDIC INTERVENTION: A CASE STUDY

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory gynecological disorder characterized by the presence of endometrium-like tissue outside the uterine cavity, leading to pelvic pain, ovarian endometriomas, distorted pelvic anatomy, and infertility.[1] Approximately 30–50% of women with endo...

NANOPARTICLES IN DRUG DELIVERY

Nanoparticles are considered one of the most significant breakthroughs in contemporary pharmaceutics because they provide a promising approach to several disadvantages of conventional drug delivery systems. Several limitations of traditional dosage forms, such as poor bioavailabi...

A STUDY ON PHYTOCHEMISTRY OF CASSIA HIRSUTA: QUALITATIVE, QUANTITATIVE AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION. AN INVITRO STUDY

Long before prehistory, plants were employed as medicine. Medicinal plants provide wide variety of therapeutic phytochemicals is reasonably safe. The phytochemical screening confirmed the presence of alkaloids, carbohydrates and amino acids, flavonoids, polyphenols in the extract...

DELAYED VACCINATION AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG CHILDREN LESS THAN 2 YEARS IN A SAMPLE ATTENDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTERS IN BAGHDAD CITY

Background: Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective preventive interventions, helping to prevent 2–3 million deaths per year; however, infectious diseases still affect Iraqi children, even though they receive vaccines free of charge. Objectives of study: To determine the ra...

HIDDEN HAZARDS OF VITAMIN EXCESS: A REVIEW OF HYPERVITAMONOSIS AND ITS PREVENTION USING DIETARY SUPPLEMENT AND RASAYANA THERAPY

People in India often take vitamins and minerals to improve their health but self medicated unregulated use of vitamins and minerals is very common .This is mainly because of polypharmacy. The risk of toxicity increases when consumers ingest active ingredients from multiple produ...

MOYNIHAN'S CATERPILLAR HUMP OF THE RIGHT HEPATIC ARTERY MIMICKING THE CYSTIC ARTERY ASSOCIATED WITH A LONG LOW ANTERIORLY INSERTING CYSTIC DUCT DURING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY: A POTENTIAL DOUBLE PITFALL CASE REPORT

Moynihan's caterpillar hump refers to a redundant tortuous loop of the right hepatic artery (RHA) that descends into the hepatocystic triangle, closely simulating the cystic artery in both calibre and position. We report a 35-year-old female who underwent elective laparoscopic ch...

ADAPTIVE THRESHOLD BASED-ENHANCED BIT PLANE COMPLEXITY SEGMENTATION FOR HIGH-EMBEDDING CAPACITY IMAGE STEGANOGRAPHY

This study developed an Adaptive Threshold-Based Enhanced Bit Plane Complexity Segmentation (AT-EBPCS) technique for high-capacity image steganography. Conventional BPCS methods use fixed complexity thresholds, limiting adaptability to images with varying texture distributions. T...

CRITICAL REVIEW OF POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS TO SROTODUSHTI

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is an intricate disorder that is characterized by a multitude of symptoms relating to reproduction, metabolism, endocrinology and appearance which may severely impact fertility and metabolic health in the long run. Ayurveda does not have a speci...

AN OVERVIEW OF VADAMARGA: CONCEPT, RELEVANCE AND APPLICATIONS IN AYURVEDA

Samhita represents a systematic compilation of knowledge essential for human well-being and learning. Charaka Samhita describes various methods of knowledge acquisition, including Adhyayana, Adhyapana, and Tadvidya Sambhasha. These methods encourage scholarly discussion, debate,...