S. Poonguzhali

National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis | TRC Chennai · Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Importance: Labor pain presents significant challenges during childbirth, necessitating effective pain management strategies. Auriculotherapy, a non-pharmacological intervention targeting specific ear points, has been explored as a potential solution for alleviating labor pain. Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluat...

Purpose Currently, available evidence suggests a positive impact of yoga on physical and psychological well-being in patients across different types of cancer, especially breast cancer survivors. However, there are no available systematic reviews on the effects of yoga on male prostate cancer survivors. The objective of the current systematic revie...

Mud therapy is a safe, cost-effective approach for Knee Osteoarthritis (OA), promoting healing through warmth and minerals, providing pain relief, and improving function. The main objective of the current review is to assess the effectiveness of local mud application for pain management in patients with Knee OA. The published papers were obtained f...

A new prospective randomized controlled experiment caught our attention, as it looked closely at the "Combined effect of yoga and naturopathy in uncomplicated varicose vein disease” [1]. In light of this, we wish to provide some additional insights and observations regarding this article. First, we would like to thank the authors for conducting a t...

Background: Hypertension (HTN) is a chronic medical condition that affects 1.13 billion people globally. Successful management of HTN is accomplished through both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Massage therapy, a widely practiced complementary and alternative medicine therapy that alleviates physical discomfort and promotes...

Background: Yoga and naturopathy (Y&N) is a system of medicine primarily focusing on restoration of health and well-being. Objective of this study is to understand the knowledge, attitude, and perception about Y&N among the inpatients of a government Y&N institution in south India. Methods: Focus group discussion was conducted in eight adult patien...

Background Yoga during pregnancy was found to be beneficial in various aspects of pregnancy including pain management during the time of labour. The current systematic review and meta-analysis aims to assess the effectiveness of antenatal yoga practices in reducing pain during the time of labour. Methods We searched electronic databases such as Pu...

Omicron is a more contagious variant of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), commonly known as Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Dietary management of COVID-19 with functional foods plays a significant role in reducing cytokine storm and the viral replication and survival. A thorough literature search was performed in el...

Importance: Hypertension is the modifiable risk factor associated with cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality. Foot reflexology has been proposed to reduce the blood pressure for the patients with hypertension but the available evidences are uncertain. Objective: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis, know the efficacy of f...

Omicron is a more contagious variant of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), commonly known as Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19). Dietary management of COVID-19 with functional foods plays a significant role in reducing cytokine storm and the viral replication and survival. A thorough literature search was performed in ele...

Objective: Vaginal births are associated with a certain degree of trauma to the genital tract, with significant short-term and long-term morbidity. Awareness of morbidity following perineal trauma has led to application of different interventions during the late first stage and second stage of labour to prevent severe perineal trauma. This includes...

Background: In December 2019, a new corona-virus (COVID-19) infection broke out in the Chinese province of Wuhan. With the rampant spread of virus around the world, COVID-19 was declared as a global pandemic in the following year. Many complementary and alternate therapies (CAM) were used experimentally alongside conventional treatments for effecti...

In the past two decades, rapid urbanization and globalization have adversely changed our lifestyle and diet habits. Our traditional healthy food habits have been replaced by processed foods with low nutritive value. These measures also saw a high prevalence of depression and other psychiatric disorders not only in western, urbanized countries but a...

Background A combination of yoga practices has been documented to reduce stress and stress-induced cortisol levels. The objective of the current study is to examine the effects of six months of a single pranayama practice (Bhramari [Bhr. P]) on reducing salivary cortisol response to the cold pressor test (CPT) among adolescents. Methods Twenty-six...

Objectives: Covid-19 Pandemic has affected everyone's mental health. In addition to several preventive measures such as wearing a mask, using sanitizer, measures also need to be taken to prevent anxiety and depressive disorders due to this unexpected crisis situation. Practicing yoga is one of the simple, scientific methods to combat stress and pr...

Objectives: Complementary and Alternate medicine (CAM) remains as the major source of healthcare for majority of the Indian population. This widespread resource needs to be strengthened, adequately trained and effectively utilized in the national health care delivery system for delivering an integrated and effective health care system. Methods:...

Background Diabetes mellitus has a significant impact on public health. Oxidative stress plays a major role in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), leading to various complications of T2DM. Yoga is being widely used in the management of T2DM. The primary objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to understand the e...

Background: The purpose of the current study is to investigate the perceptions of completely abstaining oneself from using a smartphone for one whole day among medical students. This study is a unique initiative and it was experimented on a particular group of adolescent college students to completely abstain from using mobile phones for one whole...

Background: The improvement in the reac¬tion time is important, as it is an indicator of cognitive function. Therefore, there is a need, especially for adolescents in the form of techniques or courses that can improve the reaction time. Yoga was found to cause a better improvement in the health of the individuals. The present study intended to sho...

Background In Naturopathy, steam bath is a widely used hydriatic application in the management of many clinical conditions. However, there is lack of adequate evidence to support its clinical benefits. Objective of the current study is to find the immediate effects of steam bath on resting cardiovascular parameters among healthy volunteers. Method...

Background Immediate effects of acupuncture may be beneficial for reduction in blood pressure among the patients with hypertension, but the available evidence is limited. Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture point (taichong -3) in lowering systolic and diastolic blood pressure (BP) in patients with hypertension. Methods Ninety...

Background: This study was conducted among healthy adolescents to assess the effects of a yoga breathing practice (Bhramari pranayama, Bhr.P) towards cardiac autonomic function using heart rate variability (HRV) parameters. Methods: Of the 730 eligible subjects screened, 520 healthy adolescents who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were rand...

Background Sheetali pranayama is a cooling pranayama practiced for hypertension (HTN). The effects of Sheetali pranayama, as a solitary intervention on cardiovascular and autonomic changes in hypertension is unknown. Materials and methods The current study was conducted on 100 patients with HTN, randomly allocated to HTN with pranayama (Interventi...

Background Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is common among women in their reproductive age across the world and complementary therapies are being widely used in the management of PMS. Aromatherapy is one such complementary therapy and the objective of the current study is to evaluate its immediate effect on cardiac autonomic function among patients wit...

Abstract Background Managing the condition of corticosteroid resistant asthmatic patients is quite difficult and challenging despite the advent of modern medications. Hot Foot and arm bath (HFAB) is a widely used treatment modality for the management of bronchial asthma in Naturopathy. However, no scientific documentation or study is available so f...

Abstract Objectives Prevalence of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) are on the increase and there is an urgent need for novel and effective treatment modalities in the management of NCDs. Objective of the current study is to understand the success of one such ‘novel’ Yoga and Naturopathy based ‘Lifestyle clinic’ model, executed at various government...

Background Pranayama, a branch of yoga practice is extremely beneficial to mankind in maintaining sound physical and mental health and this article aims to attain an insight on the studies conducted on the effectiveness of Bhramari Pranayama (Bhr.P) on health. The studies done until May 2016 were found using Medline, Embase, Google scholar and manu...

Background: Limited treatment options, long duration of treatment and associated toxicity adversely impact the physical and mental well-being of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients. Despite research advances in the microbiological and clinical aspects of MDR-TB, research on the psychosocial context of MDR-TB is limited and less unde...

List of 35 excluded studies and reasons for exclusion. (DOC)

PRISMA 2009 Checklist. (DOC)

Siddha medicines which are popular in southern parts of India have certain quantity of heavy metals, but the heavy metals used in these medicines are completely transformed into inert compounds by proper purification and preparation methods before being prescribed as medicine. However, one of the problems in the acceptance of the siddha medicines i...