Bharti Gupta

Background Hypertension presents as a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, with approximately two-thirds of the global hypertensive population concentrated in low- and middle-income nations. Sarpagandha Mishran is an Ayurveda intervention utilized for the management of hypertension. The objective of the study is to assess the clinica...

Background & objectives A 2.5-year placebo controlled double blind trial was conducted to investigate the safety and efficacy of AYUSH- SL, a poly- herbal Ayurvedic formulation on filarial lymphedema in different endemic areas of India. Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is caused by parasitic nematodes from Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi , or B. timor...

Background Allergic rhinitis (AR) is the inflammation of the membranes lining the nose due to allergen exposure and is characterized by sneezing, nasal congestion, itching of the nose, or postnasal discharge. The prevalence varies worldwide, perhaps due to the geographic and aeroallergen differences, with 10% to 30% of the world’s population experi...

INTRODUCTION Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous disorder, typically characterized by anovulation, hormonal imbalances, obesity, infertility, and associated features, with a significant impact on the physiological and psychological wellbeing of females belonging to the reproductive age group. Due to the multifactorial etiology, trea...

BACKGROUND Work-related stress has been found to have a detrimental effect on the individual’s productivity, quality of work, health, and personal life. Nursing has been identified as an occupation with high stress levels owing to complex job requirements that demand full physical and mental attributes, high responsibility, and job timings. Many Ay...

Vaidya Bhagwan Dash was a highly respected Ayurvedic physician and a distinguished luminary in Ayurveda who dedicated his life to preserving and promoting Ayurvedic knowledge. He has been a man of great acumen and erudition, with the capacity of felicitous literary expression of Ayurveda. These qualities place him in the pantheon of modern India as...

Clinical saftey of Ayurvedic co0mpound formulations in Osteoarthritis of Knee

A BSTRACT Background Dental implant peri-implant mucositis is a prevalent complication that can lead to implant failure if left untreated. Various management techniques have been proposed, but their comparative effectiveness remains unclear of dental implant peri-implant mucositis Materials and Methods A total of 120 patients with peri-implant mu...

BACKGROUND Allergic rhinitis (AR) is the inflammation of the membranes lining the nose due to allergen exposure and is characterized by sneezing, nasal congestion, itching of the nose, or postnasal discharge. The prevalence varies worldwide, perhaps due to the geographic and aeroallergen differences, with 10% to 30% of the world’s population experi...

Background: Personalized approach in prescribing health advocacies and treatment of diseases based on Prakriti vis‑a‑vis human constitution is unique to Ayurveda. Standardization in the assessment of Prakriti is the need of the hour. The methodology for designing the Prakriti assessment scale (PAS) from Ayurveda classics has been published. The pre...

BACKGROUND Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, degenerative disease of the connective tissue, mainly involving the synovial joints, characterized by swelling, pain, and tenderness in multiple joints, associated with morning stiffness, fever, and weakness. RA treatment aims to reduce patients’ clinical symptoms, reduce or prevent joint damage, p...

BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, degenerative disease of the connective tissue, mainly involving the synovial joints, characterized by swelling, pain, and tenderness in multiple joints, associated with morning stiffness, fever, and weakness. RA treatment aims to reduce patients' clinical symptoms, reduce or prevent joint damage,...

BACKGROUND The symptoms of Allergic Rhinitis,resemble the clinical presentation of Vataja Pratishyaya , a type of Pratishyaya , narrated in the Ayurveda classical texts. An exploratory clinical study was planned to assess the the safety and potential effect of a combination therapy of Ayurveda interventions, viz., Ayush VPR (a coded Ayurvedic formu...

LW, et al. Effect of ayurvedic interventions in the management of allergic rhinitis-An open label multi-centre single arm clinical study. J Res Ayurvedic Sci 2023;7:206-12. This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to rem...

BACKGROUND The disease “ Pinasa ” is a chronic nasal disease affecting the nasal canal and paranasal sinuses and can be correlated with chronic rhinosinusitis in contemporary science. Given the literary indication, the present work evaluated the clinical efficacy and safety of Chitrak Haritaki Avaleha (CHA) and Shadbindu Taila (SBT) in the manageme...

Background Personalized approach in prescribing health advocacies and treatment of diseases based on Prakriti vis-a-vis human constitution is unique to Ayurveda. Standardization in the assessment of Prakriti is the need of the hour. The methodology for designing the Prakriti assessment scale (PAS) from Ayurveda classics has been published. The pres...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to compare a composite resin (Duo-Shade) shade guide with Vita ceramic shades before/after chemical and autoclave sterilization. MATERIAL AND METHODS Color values (L*a*b*) were recorded directly from shade tabs of prefabricated composite resin (Brilliant NG Universal Duo-Shade) and ceramic (Vita classic) shade guide with...

BACKGROUND The exponential rise of cases and associated morbidity and mortality has managed to make COVID-19 a serious threat. Minimising the transmission of disease by prevention and control strategy forms the core-pillar of response. Ayurveda with its holistic approach can potentially promote disease prophylaxis both at the individual as well as...

BACKGROUND In Ayurveda therapeutic principles, internal oleation (IO) is essential before Virechana (purgation therapy). The IO is mainly done using plain or specific medicated ghee according to the disease condition. Virechana is a primarily utilized therapy for treating skin diseases. This pilot study evaluates and compares the effect of IO by us...

Background: As per Ayurvedic classics, Rasāyana is a term used for unique therapeutic measures intended to improve cognition, memory, physical strength and delay the degenerative processes. Ayush Rasayana A & B are developed from extracts of herbs pertaining rasayana property. Aims & Objectives: To assess the safety and effectiveness of ‘Ayush Rasa...

The inductive effect of hyalinisation and its influence on the biologic behaviour of ameloblastoma variants represent a scarcely researched domain of oral pathology. The complexity of the induction effects within the odontogenic apparatus, with the involvement of both ectodermal and mesodermal tissues, is responsible for diverse histopathological c...

Surface etching before cementation is a vital step that determines the clinical performance of ceramic restorations. Etching alters surface topography that contributes effective bonding between ceramic restoration and resin cement. This study aimed to compare etching techniques to determine the most effective etching method contributing the highest...

Background: Allergic rhinitis is one of the most common and most prevalent ailments, familiar to all with an equal distribution more or less throughout the world, rather without any exception to the developed and under developed countries. Repeated attack and improper management of the disease leads to many complications like recurrent sinusitis, n...

INTRODUCTION Healthcare workers (HCWs) are high-risk individuals in the management of epidemics caused by highly contagious disorders such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Standard of care (SOC) for the prevention of exposure can be greatly supported with SOC measures to improve the immune response. The purpose of this study was to evaluate...

INTRODUCTION: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are high-risk individuals in the management of epidemics caused by highly contagious disorders such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Standard of care (SOC) for the prevention of exposure can be greatly supported with SOC measures to improve the immune response. The purpose of this study was to evaluate...

Background: In a developing country like India, which has 10.11% population of >60 years age and a projection of rise of the same by 300% in 2050, health care of elderly is an enormous challenge. The developed world has evolved many models for elderly care, for example, nursing home care, health insurance, etc. Indian Government has also taken mult...

present era, pharmacological, bio-chemical interventions are not success remedy for Migraine. Ayurveda and other complementary medicine have medication for Migraine. The main aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of therapeutic combination of Shirsooladi vajra ras and Godanti bhasma along with Pathyadi kwatha for management of Migraine on cli...

Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common forms of arthritis which is caused by the degeneration of joint cartilage. It is often associated with disability and leads to impairment of quality of life. The clinical picture is similar to the disease Sandhigatavata described in Ayurveda (one among the Vatavyadhi ) and is characterized by...

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid19) occurs after exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV2). For persons who are at high risk of exposure, the standard of care is personal protection from getting infected. Whether Ayurvedic rasayana drug like Chyawanprash can prevent symptomatic infection in frontline health c...

Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative joint disease and is the commonest form of arthritis. It is the fourth leading cause of disability worldwide. Most of this disability burden is attributable to the involvement of the hips or the knee. Objectives To assess the clinical efficacy of Upanaha with Vachadi Churna in the management...

Objectives: To evaluate and correlate the cystic content and the size of odontogenic cysts. Methods: The study included 29 cases of odontogenic cysts reported in the Outpatient Department of Sharad Pawar Dental College. The cystic aspirate was analyzed for levels of sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride, total protein, globulin, albumin, and cholest...

Introduction Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative condition of the cervical spine that affects the vertebral bodies, intervertebral discs of the neck, and the contents of the spinal canal. Spondylosis progresses with age and often develops at multiple interspaces. Though many conventional treatments are available but in view of their side...

Objectives To clinically evaluate the oro-facial manifestations in lepromatous leprosy patients undergoing multidrug therapy in Central India. Materials and methods Two hundred patients from 2 leprosy treatment centers in Central India who satisfied the diagnostic criteria set by the WHO (2006–2010) committee on leprosy were included in the study....

Maxillofacial defects can result from several reasons, including neoplasia, congenital malformations, trauma, oral infections, etc. This kind of defects can be severely debilitating to the patients. To improve the quality of life of these patients, the options include surgical reconstruction and maxillofacial prosthesis. However, surgical approache...

Aims: The present study aimed at assessing two fixed points of reference from where the mesial and distal point of all rugae can be measured so that the exact movement of particular rugae in any direction can be evaluated and assessing the changes in the palatal rugae after orthodontic treatment. Methods: A longitudinal study conducted among a s...

Background: In a developing country like India, which has 10.11% population of >60 years age and a projection of rise of the same by 300% in 2050, health care of elderly is an enormous challenge. The developed world has evolved many models for elderly care, for example, nursing home care, health insurance, etc. Indian Government has also taken mul...

Background Dapsone has been the mainstay for the treatment of leprosy since its discovery in the 1940s. However, hematological disturbances are not uncommon in leprosy patients on daily dapsone therapy. Hence, the present study was conducted to document the hematologic alterations observed in lepromatous leprosy patients treated with Dapsone 100 mg...

Background Leprosy represents a chronic progressive debilitating disease. The severe morbidity associated with leprosy predisposes the patients to opportunistic infections. To assess the oral candida prevalence and species specificity in lepromatous leprosy patients. Methods The cross-sectional study included 70 lepromatous leprosy patients under...

Background: Prevalence of chronic bronchitis is increasing as a part of urbanization and increased pollution. Failure of timely recognition of the condition often causes worsening of the disease. In Ayurveda, the symptoms of chronic bronchitis may be compared with those of Kaphaja Kasa. Kushmandaka Rasayana is a medicine that is commonly used in re...

Background Psoriasis is a noninfectious chronic disease with unknown etiology, but multiple triggers and much comorbidity, characterized by well-defined dry scaly erythematous patches covered with adherent silvery white scales predominantly on the extensor surfaces. The risks and adverse effects of long-term contemporary therapy outweigh the benefi...

A nonlinear model representing particle diffusion and molecular diffusion is considered in this paper. The equations are converted into dimensionless form involving Peclet and Biot numbers. The model is discretized in axial and radial domains using a cubic spline collocation method. The system of differential algebraic equations is obtained and is...

In this paper, the asymptotic convergence of cubic Hermite collocation method in continuous time for the parabolic partial differential equation is established of order O(h(2)). The linear combination of cubic Hermite basis taken as approximating function is evaluated using the zeros of Chebyshev polynomials as collocation points. The theoretical r...

A numerical approach for modeling the removal of homogeneous solutes from the porous structure is presented. Pore diffusion equations, controlling the overall process, are expressed in terms of concentration of solute as a function of position in bed and washing period. A computational scheme, specifying knot vector(s) and control points (de Boor p...

The Landmap Service funded by JISC and hosted at Mimas provides an academic Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) to deliver and support the use of a wide range of data collections: Optical and Thermal; Radar; Elevation; Feature and UKMap. Recent developments focused on upgrading the Kaia geoportal infrastructure from a standalone configuration using E...

Vamana Karma (therapeutic emesis) primarily a Samshodhana Karma (purification procedure) is one of the five Pradhana Karmas (chief procedures) of Panchakarma. It is mentioned in Ayurvedic texts that a person after Samyak Vamana (proper Vamana) experiences lightness of the body, Hrit (precordium), Kantha (throat/voice), and Shirah (head) and weaknes...

Landmap Kaia is the new geoportal provided by Landmap and hosted at Mimas. Landmap Kaia was developed using ERDAS APOLLO Advantage 2010.1; an enterprise data management software. The client uses Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards to enhance interoperability of the service. The application architecture has been developed on Windows Server 64...

Vamana Karma is one of the five Pradhana Karmas of Panchakarma which is successfully used in treating Kaphaj disorders. Panchakarma is also indicated in healthy states. (C.Su. 16/13-16) for Shodhana. Textual references are available in Ayurvedic classics, but the procedure needs to be validated in the modern times when Ahara Shakti, Bala and Agni o...

The use of digital video cameras and digital still cameras is becoming widespread. Digital video cameras differ from digital still cameras in a number of respects. Digital video cameras capture approximately thirty frames per second and are optimized to capture a large amount of moving images, but sacrifice image quality. Still digital cameras are...

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