Ayurveda Practitioners Consensus to Develop Strategies for Prevention and Treatment of Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19)

Background: The outbreak of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been recently declared as Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by World Health Organization and the virus has now spread beyond the boundaries of countries and continents. At present, no specific antiviral treatment or vaccine is available or recommended to counter the COVID-19, and the potential therapy is still symptomatic. Objective: The primary aim of the study is to review ancient classical literatures and past human treatment protocols of Ayurveda for prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and flu like illnesses, so as to provide guidance for the prevention of COVID-19. Methods: Classical Ayurveda and recent modern literature with treatment protocols of Ayurveda for prevention and treatment of flu and infectious diseases were reviewed and COVID-19 has been categorized in four specific situations based on the severity of clinical condition. Total 110 Ayurveda practitioners of different parts of India were participated in the survey. These specific situations were conveyed and described to these participants and their opinions and options were collected through social media platform i.e. WhatsApp or SMS. Results: Recommendation and suggestions received from more than 50% participants were taken into accounts to draft the recommendation for probable preventive and therapeutic regimen for the disease. Conclusion: The results obtained in the study may provide a preventive strategy to the Ayurveda practitioners as well as common people across the globe by increasing the innate immunity of the body to combat COVID-19. However, till today, social distancing is considered as most effective way to stop the spread of COVID-19. Further, pilot study for different group is recommended

Evaluation of mustard genotypes [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern and Coss] for quantitative traits and character association of seed yield and yield components at sub Himalayan region of West Bengal (India)

Brassica juncea is an important industrial and commercial oilseed crop grown primarily in India. This study aimed to assess 56 genotypes of Indian mustard to quantify genetic diversity, which aids the breeder in identifying genetically divergent parents to evaluate the proportional contributions of various components towards overall divergence. All the 56 Indian mustard genotypes were tested in RBD with three replications for 2 consecutive years i.e. 2016-17 and 2017-18 during the rabi season. Observations were recorded for 11 yield and its attributing traits. The findings revealed that height up to first branching, aphid count, penetration force and seed yield per plant had maximum PCV and GCV signifying that genetic factors have a greater impact on the inflow of these traits. Height up to first branching, secondary branches per plant, primary branches per plant, siliquae per plant, aphid count and 1000 seed weight had strong heritability combined with GA as % of mean. These indicate that the traits were controlled by additive gene action. Seed yield per plant was significantly correlated with penetration force and siliquae per plant. As a result, it's reasonable to predict that improving these traits by selection, could lead to significant yield gains. Four of the eleven PCs had eigen values greater than 1.0, accounting for 69.94% of the variance. PC I, which explained 30.31% of the overall variance. Mahalanobis D2 statistics revealed considerable genetic diversity among the genotypes. 56 genotypes were distributed into 7 clusters. This is anticipated that genotypes within a cluster are almost genetically related to one another. Cluster VII and II showed maximum inter-cluster divergence. From a breeding perspective, a divergence analysis revealed that genotypes like SKJM-05, RNWR-09-3, RW-351, B-85, DRMR-4001, RGN-386, TM52 276 and SKM-1313 can be selected as genetically divergent parents for hybridization to obtain desirable segregants

<b style="">Zinc in Ayurvedic herbo-mineral products</b>

284-288Zinc is a trace element and plays a vital role in all physiological processes in human. It has been introduced as a drug in the prevention and treatments of diseases since last two decades. The Ayurvedic physicians have practiced both oral and topical applications of zinc after sodhana (purification) and marana (calcification) before 14th century A.D. Rasaka or Kharpara (zinc ore or zinc carbonate), Yasada (zinc metal), Puspanjana (zinc oxide) and Pittala (brass) are zinc-containing minerals used as therapeutic agents in Ayurveda. Rasaka or Kharpara are found in most (20 i.e. 66.66%) of the formulations, Yasada (zinc metal) in 5 (16.66%), Pittala (brass) in 4 (13.33%) and Puspanjana (zinc oxide) is used in one formulation. Therapeutic uses of zinc in Ayurveda and modern system of medicine have been discussed in this paper. </b

Puttur kattu (bandage) - A traditional bone setting practice in south India

Traditional bone setting practices are quite popular in India and nearly 6000 traditional bone setting Vaidyas (Practisioners) are practicing the same in our country. Puttur kattu is a traditional way of bone setting practice, invented accidentally by K. Kesava Raju in 1881. Now, the fourth generation of his family is practicing this bone setting practice in hospitals at Puttur, Andhra Pradesh, with 200-300 patients per day. A prospective study was undertaken to analyze the techniques in diagnosis, way of management, medicine preparation, plants used and way of applications by traditional bone setter (TBS) Vaidyas, with special reference to Puttur. We also tried to understand the reasons which make lots of people go to Puttur for getting treatment, means of contact for treatment, pathology of fracture and outcome of some treated cases through this study. 54% of the studied patients came to Puttur TBS on the advice of old patients. It is observed that more educated people are patronizing this therapy and 23% patients of the observed cases took discharge from modern hospital voluntarily to receive Puttur kattu treatment. 80% patients believed that this therapy with home remedy would fasten the healing process. 44% patients opted for this therapy due to fear of pain, heavy plaster of Paris bandage, prolonged period of immobilization, surgery and amputation. 71% patients of the followed cases were satisfied with the treatment of TBS of Puttur with minimum complications. The authors also attempted to put forth the legacy of the tradition, the way of management and the plant used for bone setting by the Puttur bone setting Vaidyas

Combined Effect of Vajigandhadi Gana Kashaya and Kolakulathadi Churnam in the Management of Janu Sandhigata Vata w.s.r. to Osteoarthritis of Knee Joint

Sandhigata vata is one of such disease commonly affecting a large number of individuals occurs usually after midlife stage. Sandhigata vata can be compared with osteoarthritis of contemporary medical science. In this study, the combined efficacy of Vajigandhadi gana Kashaya churna and Kolakulathadi churna as Lepam in Janu Sandhigata vata having properties like Ushna virya, Vatahara, Ama pachana, Sothahara, Shulahara and Vedana sthapana was evaluated. The textual reference for Vajigandhadi gana is only present but in this study the Gana is prepared in the form of Kwath churna. Kolakulathadi churna was used as external application in the study. The study was designed for the improvement of the cardinal symptoms of Janu Sandhigata vata among the ageing population and marked improvement was noticed. Aim: To study the efficacy of Vajigandhadi gana Kashaya and Kolakulathadilepam in the management of Janu sandhigata vata w.s.r. Osteoarthritis of knee joint. Materials and Methods: 40 patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria after signing the informed consent form were selected from the OPD and IPD of SJSACH. It is a single arm prospective open randomized clinical study. Patients were administered with 50ml of Vajigandhadi gana Kashaya morning and evening after food for 21 days and Kolakulathadi churna as Lepam (external application) over the affected knee joint for 07 days with two assessments on 8th day and 22nd day &amp; follow up after one month. Results: Subjective parameters were assessed using Friedman’s test and Wilcoxon signed rank test and objective parameters were assessed using Paired sample t test. All the parameters had highly significant and significant results with p value. Conclusion: The combined effect of Vajigandhadi gana Kashaya and Kolakulathadilepam was very effective in the management of Janu sandhigata vata (osteoarthritis of knee joint) as most of the drugs in both the formulations possess properties such as Shula hara, Shotha hara, Vedana sthapana, Ama pachana, Balya and Rasayana

A Pilot Clinical Study on the Efficacy of Sthoulyahara Choornam in the Management of Sthoulya w.s.r. to Obesity

Obesity is a condition in which excess body fat has accumulated in different parts of the body mainly in the subcutaneous tissues. It hurts health and leads to reduced life expectancy as well as increased health problems. The World Health Organization has identified obesity as a global epidemic. The term “Sthoulya” is described in Ayurveda as “Overweight and Obesity”. This study was undertaken to identify the efficacy of Sthoulyahara Choornam (Anubhuta Yoga of SJSAC &amp; H, which is in use for its in-house patients since 25 years). The ingredients of Sthoulyahara Choornam are mentioned in Charaka Samhita in the treatment of Medoroga. A total of 10 patients of either sex of age group 20-60 years were randomly selected from OPD &amp; IPD of Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Ayurveda College &amp; Hospital, Nazarethpettai, Chennai, 600123. They were treated with Sthoulyahara Choornam in doses of 2mg thrice a day after food with lukewarm water for 30 days (one month). Sthoulyahara Choornam was found to have a significant effect in reducing the symptoms of Medodushti and in the reduction of objective parameters like Bodyweight, B.M.I., skinfold thickness, and lipid profile

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An encryption-encoding architecture for security enhancement in 5G communication networks

This article introduces a hybrid architecture of cryptography and coding technique to provide security in 5G communication networks. There are various types of attacks in 5G communication systems. Apart from contemporary attacks, we refer some of the peculiar attacks including DOS, DDOS, bot attack, Mantis Botnet, Mirai Botnet etc. These attacks jeopardize the security systems. To overcome the situation, we propose an architecture, which makes use of modified DES encryption followed by Hamming code. In transmitter section, the 256-bit input data is encrypted by 224-bit cipher key, which is then encoded with Hamming code (448, 256) to produce 448-bit of encrypted data. The reverse scheme is applicable in receiver section. We have used Xilinx software to simulate the proposed model. Simulation results show that the duration of both the encryption and encoding are in nano seconds. The intruders shall get very less time to interfere. Therefore, the proposed architecture shall improve the security in current 5G communication systems