Hypercholesterolemia effectively managed with homeopathic medicine Gautteria gaumeri (Yumel): results from a clinical study in academic clinical set up in north India ( हाइपरकोलेस्ट्रोलेमिया पर होम्योपैथिक औषधि गौटरिया ग्युमरी के सफ़ल प्रयोग )

गौटरिया ग्युमरी को हाइपरकोलेस्ट्रोलेमिया और कोलेलिथियसिस के उपचार के लिए परंपरागत मैक्सिकन चिकित्सा में छाल के रूप में इस्तेमाल जाता है। इसकी छाल और जड़ों के औषधीय गुणों की वजह से इसका इस्तेमाल गुर्दे की बीमारी, टाइप II मधुमेह मेलेटस के इलाज के लिए मेकिस्को में काफ़ी समय से किया जाता रहा है । इसका मुख्य घटक अल्फा-एसरोन है जिसे अलग-अलग निकासी प्रक्रियाओं से पृथक किया गया है जिनके मुख्य अवव्ययों में 16 एनालॉग, 4-प्रोपेनिल-1,2-डीमेथॉक्सीबेंजनों 5-प्रतिस्थापित किए गए । इन अववय्यो कॊ हाइपरकोलेस्ट्रोलेमेक नर चूहों पर सात दिन के लिए परीक्षण किया गया जहाँ कोलेस्ट्रॉल में क्रमशः 57.3, 37.5 और 46.9% और ट्राग्लिसराइड्स में क्रमशः 42.5, 67.6 और 17.2% की कमी देखी गई ।

गौटेरिया का कार्य क्षेत्र पित्ताशय पर भी देखा गया जहाँ अल्फा-एसरोन ने हमास्टर्स चूहों में पित्त के वजन को 80.6% कम किया है।

बीसवीं सदी के शुरुआती दिनों में मैक्सिकन होम्योपैथ डॉ. मैनुएल ए. लिजमा का ध्यान गौटेरिया की ओर आकर्षित हुआ , जिन्होंने 1913 में प्रकाशित मेडिकल विषय संकलन ( Medical Subject Compendium )में अपनी टिप्पणियां दर्ज कीं। तब से होम्योपैथिक छॆत्र में कई शोध कार्य के जरिये से गौटेरिया के अन्य घटकों जैसे अल्फा-एसेरोन के हाइपर्लिपीडिमिया पर औषधीय क्रिया को निर्दिष्ट किया है ।

लिन्क : https://biblat.unam.mx/en/buscar/guatteria-gaumeri

The elemuy, Guatteria gaumeri or Malmea depressa is a tree that lives in Mexico and Central America, and that due to the medicinal properties of its bark and its root has been used since pre-Hispanic times to treat renal affections, diabetes mellitus type II and hypercholesterolemia, among other diseases. At the beginning of the 20th century, it attracted the attention of the Mexican homeopathic physician Manuel A. Lizama, who proved its use for a decade and registered its observations in the Medical Subject Compendium, published in 1913. Since then, several investigations have been carried out inside and outside the country. homeopathic field that have confirmed and specified what is the medicinal action of alpha-asarone and other components of elemuy, but they have also suggested new attributes that it would be convenient to check or discard through scientific studies.

Hypercholesterolemia effectively managed with homeopathic medicine Gautteria gaumeri (Yumel): results from a clinical study in academic clinical set up in north India

Aejaz Husain, Ashish Indani, Poonam Bhutada

Abstract

Background: Hypercholesterolaemia increases the risk of atherosclerosis, subsequently IHD. Herbal-homeopathic medicines are unexplored as lipid-lowering agents. This study presents safety and efficacy outcomes of homeopathic Gautteria gaumeri Q, in treatment of hypercholesterolaemia.

Methods: This was a homoeopathic registry in real world population. A group of 29 subjects with mild to moderate hypercholesterolaemia with or without statin therapy were included in the study at a single centre in Udaipur, India. All subjects were given 10-15 drops of Gautteria gaumeri Q thrice in a day for 2 months and were followed fortnightly.

Results: The sample demographics were similar to typical Indian demographics (age 43±14 years, height 166.5cm, BMI 21kg/m²) having age 49±6 years, gender ratio 0.81 with 13 (45%) males and 16 (55%) females, height 157.07±26.18 cms and weight 71.5±11.78 Kg. The comorbidity included diabetes (44.83%), hypertension (68.97%), current smoking (44.83%) and CAD (31.03%). Thirteen (44.83%) subjects were taking statins for minimum 6 months. At baseline, mean TC, HDL, LDL, VLDL cholesterols and triglycerides were 223±25.8, 41.45±4.82, 150.9±25.97, 30.66±6.38 and 223±34.81 respectively. TC: HDL and LDL: HDL ratios were 5.44±0.82 and 3.69±0.77 respectively. At 2 months, TC reduced by 22.21 (9.96%), triglycerides, LDL and VLDL cholesterol demonstrated 39.55 (17.70%), 24.66 (16.34%) and 3.35 (10.91%) reduction respectively. HDL increased by 5.84 (14.09%). Proportion of population at risk defined as TC >200, LDL >120, VLDL >30, HDL <30 and triglycerides >200 was reduced by 17.24%, 31.04%, 13.79%, 100% and 31.03% respectively. (Baseline n=13). There were no ADRs in the study. Gauttaria gaumeri was proved to be efficacious in treatment of hypercholesterolaemia.

Conclusions: Guatteria gumeri was observed to be efficacious in controlling hypercholesterolaemia. There was no significant effect of statin therapy prior to starting Guatteria gaumeri Q. No safety issues were reported in the study.

Keywords

Cholesterol lowering, Dyslipidemia, Guatteria gaumeri, Hypercholesterolaemia, Hyperlipidemia, High cholesterol, Lipid profile, Lipid lowering, Statins, Yumel

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Referemces for Guatteria gaumeri

• Cholesterol-lowering effect of Guatteria gaumeri(preliminary report) Josefina SanchezResendizAngel Lerdode Tejada

• Hypercholesterolemia effectively managed with homeopathic medicine Gautteria gaumeri (Yumel): results from a clinical study in academic clinical set up in north India

• Pharmacology and toxicology of Guatteria gaumeri and alpha-asarone

• Modifications of serum lipoprotein cholesterol with guatteriagaumeri
  Sánchez Resendiz, J ¹ ; Espinosa, M ; Delangel, H ; Gonzalez-vite, J ; Gutiérrez, L
  ¹ National Polytechnic Institute , Interdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Mexico, Federal District. Mexico
  [ Archives of medical research , Mexico, 1985 Vol. 16 Num. 4 Oct-Dec, Pag. 359-365]
• Hypocholesterolemic action of Guatteriagaumeri
  Sánchez Resendiz, J ; Lerdo de Tejada, A ; Gonzalez Vite, J ; Guzmán, R ; Tinoco, A
  [ Traditional medicine , Mexico, 1980 Vol. 3 Num. 9, Pag. 20-22]
• Lipid-lowering action of guatteriagaumeri in a patient with iib-type hyperlipidemia
  Sánchez Resendiz, J ; Lerdo De Tejada, A
  [ Traditional medicine , Mexico, 1980 Vol. 3 Num. 9, Pag. 22-24]
• Effect of Guatteriagaumeri on seric triglycerides of the dog
  Lerdo de Tejada, A ; Sánchez Resendiz, J ; Gonzalez Vite, J ; Tinoco, A ; Guzmán, R
  [ Traditional medicine , Mexico, 1980 Vol. 3 Num. 9, Pag. 24-25]
• Guatteriagaumeri, Malmea depressa or Yumel, a Review of its History, its Properties and its Use in Homeopathy
  Mejía, Rafael ^{1
  1} National Autonomous University of Mexico , Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Mexico City. Mexico
  [ Homeopathy of Mexico , Mexico, 2016 Vol. 85 Num. 700 Jan-Feb, Pag. 28-38]

Role of homoeopathic mother tinctures in rheumatoid arthritis: An experimental study – रुमेटाइड संधिशोध मे होम्योपैथिक मदर टिन्चरों की भूमिका

हाल ही में दो शोध पत्र प्रस्तुत हुये । एक IJRH के जर्नल में और दूसरे pub med पर पब्लिश हुये । पहले शोध पत्र मे होम्योपैथिक मदर टिन्चर जैसे Ricinus communis (RCMT), Rauwolfia serpentina (RSMT), Bellis perennis (BPMT), Curcuma longa(CLMT), Terminalia arjuna (TAMT) and Tribulus terresteris (TTMT और दूसरे शोध पत्र मे होम्योपैथिक टिन्चर Guaiacum officinale के शोधरोधी , वेदनाहार और संधिशोधरोधी प्रभाव का अध्ययन करना था ।

दोनों ही प्रयोगों के लिये एल्बीनों चूहों का प्रयोग प्रायोगिक अध्ययन के लिये किया गया । सामान्य लक्षण विलयन में 1% कैरागीनन की 0.1 ml की मात्रा दायें पंजे मे दे कर शोध प्रेरित किया गया । सोध की मात्रा का आंकलन पंजे की सूजन के आधार पर किया गया । विस्टर एल्बीनो चूहों के प्रपद तलवे में पूर्ण फ़्रायन्ड सह औषध ( CFA ) इंजेक्शन लगाकर संधिशोध प्रेरित किया गया ।

परिणाम:

कुरकुमा लौंगा और ट्राइव्यूलस टरेसटेरिस और ग्वायकम आफ़ मातृ टिन्चर द्वारा कैरागीनन उपचारित चूहों के पाश्च पंजे के सूजन मे कमी आयी आऊ पंजे का आयतन घटा ।यह शक्तिशाली शोधरोधी सक्रियता को दर्शाता है । सभी होम्योपैथिक मातॄ टिन्चर ने चूहों में उष्ण प्रेरित तापीय वेदना में भी परिधीय वेदनाहार सक्रियता दिखाई ।

Role of homoeopathic mother tinctures in rheumatoid arthritis: An experimental study
Surender Singh1, Ritu Karwasra1, Prerna Kalra1, Rohit Kumar1, Shalu Rani1, Debadatta Nayak2, YK Gupta1
1 Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
2 Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, New Delhi, India
Abstract
Objectives: The objective of present preliminary study was to assess the anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-arthritic effect of some homoeopathic mother tinctures viz. Ricinus communis (RCMT), Rauwolfia serpentina (RSMT), Bellis perennis (BPMT), Curcuma longa(CLMT), Terminalia arjuna (TAMT) and Tribulus terresteris (TTMT).
Materials and Methods: Paw oedema was induced by administration of 0.1ml 1% carrageenan in normal saline into right hind paw. Degree of inflammation was evaluated according to paw swelling. Arthritis was induced by Complete Freund’s Adjuvant (CFA) injection in metatarsal footpad of Wistar albino rats.
Result: Curcuma longa and Tribulus terresteris mother tinctures reduced hind paw swelling decreased the paw volume in Carrageenan treated rats. Thus, revealed potent activity against inflammation. All homoeopathic mother tinctures showed peripheral analgesic activities in hot plate induced thermal algesia in mice.

Download Link : http://www.ijrh.org/text.asp?2015/9/1/42/154348
Source : Indian Journal of Research in Homeopathy

Anti-rheumatoid and anti-oxidant activity of homeopathic Guaiacum officinale in an animal model.

Sarkar A¹, Datta P¹, Das AK¹, Gomes A².

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Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Homeopathy is a popular form of complementary and alternative medicine. Guaiacum extract is said to be useful for pain and inflammation, but there appears to be no scientific evidence to support this.

AIMS:

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the anti-rheumatic and anti-oxidant activity of homeopathic preparations of Guaiacum officinale (Gua) on experimental animal model.

DESIGN:

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was induced in male albino rats by Freund’s complete adjuvant (FCA) at a dose of (0.25 mg heat killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis/ml of emulsion). Gua mother tincture (MT) (prepared from the latex part of the plant) (MT), Gua 30cc and 200cc were purchased commercially from King Company, Kolkata, India. Male albino Wistar rats (130 ± 10 g) were divided into 6 groups: Sham control; Arthritis control; Standard treatment indomethacin (0.25 mg 100 g(-1) p.o. × 5 alternative days), Gua MT (1 ml kg(-1) p.o. × 5 days) treated; Gua (30c 1 ml kg(-1) p.o. × 5 days) treated; Gua (200c; 1 ml kg(-1) p.o. × 5 days) treated. Anti-rheumatic activity was examined through physical, urinary, serum parameters. All the results were expressed in terms of mean ± SEM (statistical error of mean n = 6) at each dose level. The level of significance was determined through one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), p < 0.05 was considered significant.

RESULTS:

It was observed that body weight, ankle and knee diameter, urinary parameters (hydroxyproline (OH-P), glucosamine, calcium (Ca(2)(+)), creatinine (CRE), phosphate (PO4(3)(-))), serum ACP (acid phosphatase)/ALP (alkaline phosphatase)/Ca(2+)/CRE/PO4(3-)/gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT)/Lipid peroxidation (LPO)/Glutathione (GSH)/Superoxide dismutase (SOD)/Catalase, serum GGT, serum interleukins like IL-1β/CINC-1/PGE2/TNF-α/IL-6, IL-12/IL-4/IL-6 levels were significantly affected. After treatment with Guaiacum in all 3 regimes was associated with normalization of these parameters compared to control group.

CONCLUSION:

These findings suggest that homeopathic G. officinale possesses anti-rheumatic and anti-oxidant activity in experimental animal and these activities may be more significant in higher potencies.

Download Link : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24685418

Source : Pubmet

Research showing homeopathic medicines produce apoptosis in cancer cells

New study adds to the growing body of research showing homeopathic medicines produce apoptosis in cancer cells

In a new study published in The International Journal of Oncology the findings of a preclinical study clearly delineated the molecular mechanism underlying the apoptogenic effect of the non-toxic homeopathic remedy, sulphur, in non-small cell lung carcinoma cells.

Sulphur alters NF ?B-p300 cross-talk in favour of p53-p300 to induce apoptosis in non-small cell lung carcinoma

http://www.spandidos-publications.com/ijo/47/2/573

In the search for new medicines devoid of the toxic side effects associated with conventional chemotherapy, this study adds to the growing body of knowledge (1) (2) (3)  that outlines the potential of homeopathic medicines to have a role in the treatment of patients suffering various forms of carcinoma.

1. Contribution of the ROS-p53 feedback loop in thuja-induced apoptosis of mammary epithelial carcinoma cells
   http://www.spandidos-publications.com/or/31/4/1589
2. Cytotoxic effects of ultra-diluted remedies on breast cancer cells
   http://www.spandidos-publications.com/ijo/36/2/395
3. DNA fragmentation and cell cycle arrest: a hallmark of apoptosis induced by Ruta graveolens in human colon cancer cells
   http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147549161400099X

source : http://www.homeobook.com/research-showing-homeopathic-medicines-produce-apoptosis-in-cancer-cells/

Homeopathic approach to catastrophe and radiations problems; Fukushima, Japan by Torako Yui

Source of Original article :  http://www.interhomeopathy.org/homeopathic-approach-to-catastrophe-and-radiations-problems-fukushima-japan

The Tohoku earthquake and the subsequent tsunami, which occurred off the Sanriku coast of Japan at 14:46 JST on Friday 11 March 2011, caused enormous devastation, mainly in eastern Japan, earning the name: the Great East Japan Earthquake. I am writing this article, in which I will briefly present the JPHMA’s activities, as well as my view on the meaning of this catastrophe, just one month after it happened.

According to the Japan Metropolitan Police Department’s statistics, on 30 April 2011, the figures are as follows:
Deathtoll 14,662; Missing 11,019; Injured 4,373 among 12 districts including Fukushima, Gunma, Igaraki, Tochigi, Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano, Saitama, Tokyo and Chiba. 2.500 shelters have been built in 18 districts, caring for 127,000 evacuees. 48.564 buildings have completely collapsed, spread over 9 districts.

The shock of this catastrophe is as vivid today as if it had just happened yesterday.

On the day of the earthquake, I wanted to go straight to the affected area, but as I had already been booked for lectures in western Japan and as there was no access to the east nor electricity in the zone, I had to postpone my trip. Initially, I could only offer remote support via text messages to mobile phones. JPHMA members in the affected areas had home kits of 36 homeopathic remedies and contributed outstandingly by distributing homeopathic remedies to their neighbours; many of them are indicated for the kind of physical and mental trauma caused by such a disaster but none of them were appropriate for treating exposure to radiation. The fact that JPHMA had given homoeopathic self-care lectures to the general public on a routine basis became a great advantage.

Another unexpected situation occurred, however, at the Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant. In 1971, General Electric Mark I nuclear reactors were introduced and have been working for nearly 40 years. The earthquake and tsunami disabled the reactor cooling systems, leading to nuclear radiation leaks due to a partial melt of fuel rods.

At the time of the earthquake, there were 54 active nuclear power plants in Japan, which would have totalled 77 if inactive and newly planned ones were included. The fact that such a large number of nuclear power plants should be built in Japan, a country of earthquakes, is equal to pouring gasoline on a fire!

Luckily there was not a complete meltdown, as in the Chernobyl nuclear accident on 26 April 1986. In Chernobyl, the reactor exploded and melted, sending huge amounts of radioactive fallout into the atmosphere. In Fukushima, the leakage is one tenth that of Chernobyl. 

Nevertheless, some international media have reported incorrectly that the whole reactor had exploded, releasing an atomic cloud, making Japan an extremely dangerous place to visit. The press used pictures of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb on 6 August 1945, next to pictures of land destroyed by the 11 March tsunami, implying incorrectly that the land was damaged by the nuclear power plant incident rather than by the tsunami. Products from Japan could not be exported and, even Japanese people started to avoid products from Fukushima. When I visited Fukushima, where vegetables and fruits are produced, people there were deeply depressed. A farmer in Fukushima had committed suicide because he could not sell his produce, which was about to be shipped out.

Let us consider the Arndt-Schulz law, one of the major principles of homoeopathy. According to this law, if we are exposed to a large amount of radiation, a small amount of the radiation could cure the ailments due to the exposure. If it is the exposure is minimal, our own healing power should be able to reverse the damage.

I have created a radiation remedy ‘RA’ to heal the effects of radioactive substances. It is a combination of Cadmium sulphuricum, Sol, Plutonium nitricum, Kalium iodatum, Radium bromide, Uranium nitricum, Caesium hydroxide, Thyreoidinum, and Parathyreoid gland. Caesium 137 was carried to neighbouring European countries after the explosion in Chernobyl, but people who were not exposed to great density of radioactive rain seemed not to be affected.

After all, huge amounts of radioactivity have been spread by more than 2,000 nuclear experiments all over the world. Therefore, we do not have to worry about radiation out of hand. On a daily basis, we should try to avoid any intake of harmful substances and use a treatment like homeopathy to stimulate our own healing powers and push toxins out of our bodies. Radioactivity is not the only dangerous pollutant we encounter: substances in vaccines, drugs, pesticides, and food additives are also harmful. I think this nuclear incident has demonstrated the necessity to replace harmful energy, medicine, and foods with healthy ones, derived from nature.

From the time of the earthquake to my visit to the affected area

Immediately after the earthquake, on 11 March, I contacted the Institute of Homoeopathy in Japan and started to distribute the remedies I had created: ‘RA’, as mentioned above, and ‘AAA’ (Aconite, Arnica, and Arsenicum), free of charge. I also offered information to the public through our website and by email.

On 18 March, a JPHMA rescue team, in conjunction with Homoeopathy Japan Co, set off for Fukushima and Miyagi with these remedies and relief supplies. As the motorway was closed, it took 12 hours to get there and 9 hours to come back, which is about three times longer than it would usually take.

I had already planned to give a lecture in Sendai city, in Miyagi, on 2 April before the disaster occurred, so I added visits to Fukushima on 1 April and Iwate on 3 April, where I provided RA and AAA remedies to about 400 of our members and to the general public. I gave free lectures to explain to people how to use homeopathic remedies in time of disasters.

To read the full details of the reports, please visit the JPHMA website: www.jphma.org/en/index.html

These reports are the result of my own experience in the affected areas and are quite different from the reports that can be seen in newspapers and other media.

The effect of the RA remedies and AAA remedies

We are currently analyzing responses to questionnaires after using these remedies.

The below chart is the result so far, as of 30 April 2011.

Summary

1. I sent ‘remedies’ of encouragement through text messages: “We are supporting you.” “You are not alone.”

2. We took action: JPHMA provided homoeopathic remedies free of charge with the cooperation of Homeopathy Japan Co. The College of Holistic Homoeopathy provided free advice by telephone.

3. JPHMA organised a rescue team, which immediately delivered homoeopathic remedies and relief supplies.

4. JPHMA held free seminars on how to deal with disasters and provide emotional care, with cooperation from local JPHMA members.

5.  After the seminars, local JPHMA members provided free homoeopathic consultations.

6.  JPMHA collected approximately 4,500.000 Japanese yen, which were donated to affected prefectures and areas in need.

We helped and encouraged each other, which created a strong bond between us and a feeling of unity. JPHMA members seemed to be getting over this disaster more quickly than the general public, probably because they had been taking homoeopathic remedies on a daily basis.

The real meaning of the earthquake and of the radiation leak this time

Samuel Hahnemann said:

“Nations like the Germans, who have for centuries been gradually sinking deeper and deeper in soulless apathy and degrading serfdom, must first be trodden still deeper in the dust by the Western Conqueror, Napoleon, until their situation became intolerable; their mean opinion of themselves was thereby over-strained and removed; they again became alive to their dignity as men, and then, for the first time, they raised their heads as Germans.” (Quoted from Organon 6)

Japan is reaching a turning point. Japanese people have been deprived of patriotic spirit and pride in their own heritage, from the fear of atomic bombs and a sense of guilt after the war. Ancient Japanese spirituality and wisdom, which live in harmony with nature, have been forgotten. Japanese people now deny nature’s healing power and dependency on unnatural energy, medicines, vaccines, and agro-chemicals has been encouraged. The lives of humans, animals, plants, and insects are suffering, as are the land, water, and air; Japan is now facing the risk of national ruin.

It could be said that the reality of this catastrophe is that it is a mirror of Japanese people’s mind. We hope that this devastating experience will become an opportunity for change, so that this suffering would not have been in vain. The real recovery for Japanese people would be to overcome their fear of radiation, to regain their natural healing power and their ancient wisdom of living in harmony with nature. Japan, as the site of a previous disaster with the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, can be a beacon of hope for the world by showing that it is possible for a country facing the most extreme circumstances to recover and thrive once again. Homeopathy lies at the heart of this recovery and we, at JPHMA, will all do as much as we can to bring it into reality.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to everyone again: Interhomeopathy’s editors, Narayana Verlag, the people who visited Interhomeopathy’s Facebook and many other homeopathic colleagues around the world, who sent warm, encouraging messages and donations to JPHMA and me.

JPHMA Homoeopathy International Charity Conference, 8 – 10 October 2011.

Details and updated information from: www.jphma.org/congress2011/en/index.html

We would like to welcome you to witness the activities of Japanese homoeopaths and support them by attending this conference. I and all JPHMA members look forward to meeting you in Japan!

Be grateful for all of creation, the existence of the universe itself.

We wish you all to enjoy the gift of life!

Categories: Cases
Keywords: natural disaster, nuclear disaster, radiation, depression, guilt, loss of heritage and national pride
Remedies: Aconitinum, Arnica montana, Arsenicum album, Cadmium sulphuratum, Caesium hydroxide, Kalium iodatum, Parathyreoid gland, Plutonium nitricum, Radium bromatum, Sol, Thyreoidinum, Uranium nitricum

सर्दियों में सीजनल एफेक्टिव डिसॉर्डर (सैड) – Seasonal Affective Disorder or Winter depression

सर्दियों के दिनों अवसाद या डिप्रेशन की एक आम समस्या है ।  अवसाद कॆ  कारणॊ के पीछे कई वजह  हो सकते हैं लेकिन अगर आप सर्दियों मे दूसरे मौसम की अपेक्षा आलस, थकान और उदासीन महसूस करते हैं तो हो सकता है कि आपको सीजनल एफेक्टिव डिसॉर्डर (सैड) की समस्या हो। सर्दियों में अक्सर दिन के समय सूर्य का प्रकाश हमें कम मिलता है जिससे कई बार हमारी दिनचर्या और सोने व उठने का चक्र प्रभावित होता है। ऐसे में हमारे मस्तिष्क में ‘सेरोटोनिन’ नामक केमिकल प्रभावित होता है जिससे हमारा मूड बिना वजह खराब ही रहता है। कई बार यह स्थिति हमें अवसाद का शिकार बना सकती है ।
सीजनल एफेक्टिव डिसॉर्डर (सैड)  का वर्णन   मेडिकल सांइस मे सबसे पहले १९८० के दशक से दिखता है हाँलाकि इसके पहले कई चिकित्सक और रोगी भी इस बात से वाकिफ़ थे कि सर्दी का मौसम शुरु होते ही स्वभाव मे बदलाव दिखना आरम्भ हो जाता है । इस तथ्य का वर्णन पांचवी सदी ईसा पूर्व हिप्पोक्रेट्स  के कुछ आलेखों मे भी देखा जा सकता है । कई देशॊ मे जहाँ दिन काफ़ी छॊटे होते है और धूप का सर्वथा अभाव रहता है वहाँ अवसाद के रोगियों का मिलना एक आम समस्या है । जैसे स्वीडेन के उत्तर  भाग मे जहाँ छ्ह महीने रात और छ्ह महीने दिन रहता है वहाँ आत्मह्त्या की दर सबसे अधिक है ।

SAD के बारे मे कुछ तथ्य

• कोई आवशयक नही कि ठंड मे रहने वाले लोगों को ही यह समस्या हो , जो लोग उन जगहों पर रहते हैं जहां ठंड कम पड़ती हो और बहुत अधिक ठंड वाले इलाके में आ जाएं।
• महिलाओं में इस बीमारी की आशंका अधिक रहती है।
• 15 से 55 वर्ष की आयु वाले लोगों में इसकी आशंका अधिक रहती है।
  सीजनल एफेक्टिव डिसॉर्डर से पीड़ित व्यक्ति के बहुत अधिक संपर्क में रहने वाले व्यक्ति को भी यह बीमारी हो सकती है।

SAD के लक्षण

• लगातार थकान महसूस हो और रोजमर्रा के कामो मे मन न लगे ।
• मन मे नकारात्मक विचारों का बार बार आना ।
• सही प्रकार नींद न आना या बहुत अधिक नींद आना ।
• कार्बोहाइड्रेट युक्त चीजों जैसे रोटी, ब्रेड या पास्ता आदि खाने का हमेशा मन करना ।
• वजन का तेजी से बढना ।

SAD से बचने के उपाय :

• अपनी दिनचर्या निर्धारित करे ।
• रोजाना योग , ध्यान , मार्निग वाक और एक्सर्साइज करें ।
• थोडा खायें और बार –२ खायें लेकिन खाने मे हरी सब्जियों और फ़लों का सेवन अधिक करें ।
• सुबह देर तक न सोयें ।
• सर्दियों मे संभव हो तो दोपह्र का खाना धूप मे खायॆ ।
• इतवार को और अधिक खुशगवार बनायें ,  धूप का आंनद लेने के किसी पार्क मे जायें ।
• अगर घर मे ही काम करना पडे तो कोशिश करे कि ऐसी खिडकी के पास अपनी टॆबल रखें जहाँ प्रचुर मात्रा मे धूप उपलब्ध हो ।

मेडिकल उपचार
आमतौर पर डॉक्टर सैड के मरीजों का उपचार दो तरह की लाइट थेरेपी से करते हैं- ब्राइट लाइट ट्रीटमेंट और डॉन सिमुलेशन। ब्राइट लाइट ट्रीटमेंट के तहत रोगी को लाइटबॉक्स के सामने रोज सुबह आधे घंटे तक बैठाया जाता है।
दूसरी विधि में सुबह सोते वक्त रोगी के पास धीमी लाइट जलाई जाती है जो धीरे-धीरे तेज होती जाती है। सूर्योदय जैसा वातावरण तैयार किया जाता है। इसके अलावा योग, अवसाद हटाने वाली दवाओं और कॉग्निटिव बिहेवियरल थेरेपी से भी इस बीमारी का उपचार किया जाता है।

होम्योपैथिक उपचार

SAD के रोगियों को देखने के दौरान निम्म रुब्रिक्स  जो बहुतायात रोगियों मे पाये जाते है  :

• *Sadness, melancholy
• *Feelings of worthlessness
• *Hopeless
• *Despair
• *Sleepiness
• *Lethargy
• *Craving for sweets
• *Craving for carbohydrates
• *Company aggravates
• *Desire to be alone
• *Music ameliorates
• *Difficulty concentrating/focusing
• *Thoughts of death or suicide.

औरम मेट , फ़ास्फ़ोरस , सीपिया , रस टाक्स . इगनेशिया सर्दियों मे होने वाले अवसाद की मुख्य औषधियाँ है । हाँलाकि लक्षणॊ की सम्पूर्ण्ता ( Totallity of symptoms ) ही औषधि चुनाव का आधार है ।

लेकिन मुख्य औषधियों पर एक नजर :

Aurum metallicum is for those who sink into terrible depression in the dark of the winter feeling like the cloud is sitting over them. At their worst they feel that life isn’t worth living. They take solace in work and/or religion and hide themselves away listening to sad music until the sun returns the following spring.
Phosphorus has a really close relationship with the weather, loving the sun and sparkling with it – actually feeling invigorated by being out in the sunshine. They are deeply affected by cloudy weather – becoming miserable and gloomy the longer the sun stays away. In the deepest, darkest time of the winter they can slow right down, not wanting to do anything. Chocolate (especially chocolate ice cream) is their great source of comfort at those times – as are their friends. Even brief outbursts of sunshine on a winter’s day will lift their spirits, as can getting out with friends and going to a party or going dancing!
Rhus toxicodendron is useful for those who are particularly vulnerable to cloudy weather, who find that the cold, damp, wet and cloudy weather makes them feel just plain miserable. Their body reacts to the cloudy weather by stiffening up – especially the back and the joints – which makes them feel even worse. Getting up after sitting or lying down for a while is hard, and then continued movement eases the stiffness – unfortunately those joints start to hurt again if they are using them for a while so they have to rest – after which the whole maddening cycle starts again, thereby causing the restlessness that is a keynote for this remedy.
Sepia is for extremely chilly types who hate everything about winter: the damp, the rain, the frost, the snow, the clouds – everything. Their moods start to lift when they begin to get warm again in the late spring and early summer when they can get out in the fresh air and do some vigorous exercise. These people love to run much more than jog, and it is this kind of exercise – vigorous exercise in the fresh air – that makes them feel really well overall. If they can’t do it they sink into a depressed, irritable state where they want to be alone (and eventually, so does everyone else – want them to be alone that is!)

IHMA Fever guidelines Version1 released

Indian Homoeopathic Research Centre (IHRC) the research wing of Indian Homoeopathy Medical Association (IHMA) published the “Fever Guidelines” before the homeopathic community.

This is an attempt to standardize the treatment protocol for fever among Homoeopaths.The cases managed on the basis of these guide lines shall be documented for future studies.

Thus the efficacy of Homoeopathic remedies could be established in a much more scientific and systemic way.

Major Contents

General approach in feverWhen and how to investigateCase definitionSupportive managementCase taking format and protocolFirst consultation at critical levelWhen to referRubric analysis of important fever remedies – a really useful sectionPreventive medicine and Genus epidemicus- RAECH guidelines

If you would like to get a copy of this book, Contact

Dr Vinod Joseph
Director IHRC
Ph: 09995403674

Web : www.ihma.in

courtesy : Indian Homoeopathic Research Centre (IHRC)

Short term studentship in Homoeopathy program by CCRH–apply now

On behalf of Dr. R. K. Manchanda, Director General, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), applications are invited from interested undergraduate homoeopathic students to participate in theShort Term Studentship in Homoeopathy Program (STSH 2014).

The Council has initiated the Short Term Studentship in homoeopathy Program in order to promote interest and aptitude for research among homoeopathic undergraduates.

The main objective of this program is to provide an opportunity to undergraduate homoeopathic students to familiarize themselves with research methodology and techniques by being associated for a short duration with their seniors on ongoing research program or by undertaking independent projects. This may serve as an incentive for them to take up research as a career in the future. The Institution must provide the student with all facilities for carrying out research.

The Council has decided to initiate the Short Term Studentship in homoeopathy (STSH) Program for homoeopathic undergraduate students of various medical colleges in the country by awarding limited number of studentships to deserving undergraduate students in March, 2014.

The student is required to register on CCRH website ONLINE from 20th June 2014 to 20th July 2014 and submit the application form and proposal from 21st July 2014 to 5th August 2014.

The received applications and proposals will be evaluated by the Council. Results will be announced in October 2014 and list of selected students displayed on the website. If selected, the student is expected to complete the project between October 2014 and March 2015 and submit the report before the last date of submission i.e. 20th April 2015.

The student will be awarded stipend and certificate only if his/her report is approved.

The value of the studentship will be Rs. 10,000/- only and is meant to be a stipend for the student. Cost of research must be borne by Medical College/ Institution where research is carried out.

For any queries please contact preferably through email:

Dr. Praveen Oberai, Scientist ’4′ / Dr. Chetana Lamba, Scientist-1,
Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
61-65, Institutional Area, D-Block, Janakpuri, New Delhi – 110058, India

Telephone No.: 91-11-28525523, 28521162
Fax: 91-11-28521060, 28521162
E-mail: sts.ccrh@gmail.com

More at : http://ccrhscholarship.in/
courtesy  : http://homeobook.com/short-term-studentship-in-homoeopathy-program-by-ccrh-apply-now

Clinical evaluation of homoeopathic therapy in the management of hyperlipoproteinemia

Clinical evaluation of homoeopathic therapy in the management of hyperlipoproteinemia by  J.P. Govekar1, V.K. Paul, K. Singh, Praveen Oberai, , Varanasi Roja
Regional Research Institute (H), New Delhi
Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, Headquarters, New Delhi

Objectives:This study aimed at evolving a group of useful homoeopathic medicines in the treatment of hyperlipoproteinaemia, to identify their reliable indications, most useful potencies, frequency of administration and relationship with other medicines.
Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out during the period 1992-2003. Three hundred and twenty two patients with hyperlipoproteinaemia and various clinical presentations were studied. Patients of more than 30 years of age, with cholesterol > 200mg/dl, triglycerides > 170mg/dl, LDL > 150mg/dl, VLDL > 50mg/dl and HDL < 35 mg/dl were included in this study. Specificparameters were followed to assess the intensity of complaints and the improvement status.
Homoeopathic medicines were prescribed in different potencies (Q to 10M), basing on the presenting complaints, mental and physical attributes of the patients. The patients were advised to have low calorie diet and regular exercise.
Results: Two hundred ninety three (293) patients were followed up regularly and varying degrees of improvement were observed, viz. marked improvement in 77 patients, moderate improvement in 113 patients, mild improvement in 100 patients and no improvement in 03 patients. Abroma augusta 30, Gelsemium 30, Lycopodium 1M, Bryonia alba 30, Pulsatilla 30, Nux vomica 30 were found to be useful among the other prescribed medicines.
Conclusion: Results obtained from the study are encouraging with findings that 26% of the patients improved markedly with an evidence of changes in laboratory parameters. However, an experiment in controlled setting with improved protocol and clearer outcome parameters is required.
Key words: homoeopathy; observational study; hyperlipoproteinaemia; abroma augusta; gelsemium; lycopodium; bryonia alba; pulsatilla; nux vomica.

Courtesy : CCRH

Full Text with download link : http://homeopathyresearches.blogspot.in/2013/04/clinical-evaluation-of-homoeopathic.html

E-HOMOEO

The basis of the material was secured from three major works : Hering’s Guiding Symptoms, Clarke’s Dictionary and Allen’s Handbook. Frequent references have been made to Allen’s Encyclopædia. Other volumes less well known, and including Anshutz’s New, Old and Forgotten Remedies , have served in adding further symptoms.

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E-HOMOEO

Rediscovery of Homoeopathy

Mandanlal L. Sehgal

ROH Book Series(I-X).
I-VIII, Written by Dr. M. L. Sehgal.
IX- X, Co-authoured by Dr. Sanjay Sehgal and Dr. Yogesh Sehgal.

Forword:

Anything new at first appears strange, also it invites two types of reactions. One is acceptance and the other is rejection.

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