Wimalasiri Ysg

• PhD
• Senior Lecturer at University of Colombo

Poisonings have been identified as critical conditions in Ayurveda since centuries. Agada tantra is the specialized clinical branch where the therapeutic roots for poison management lie. Agada are given a significance as anti-poisonous formulations in various Ayurveda treatises. Ajita agada is the main concern in this study which the references wer...

In the current healthcare system, antibiotic resistance has become one of the crucial health issues. Discovering a novel antibiotic is a very complex and time-consuming process. Hence there is an increasing trend of conducting researches using herbal sources to treat infections which are resistant to currently available antibiotics. The objective o...

Critical Analysis of a Selected Herbal Hair Application Applicable as a Herbal Hair Dye for Palithya Relation to Premature Greying of Hair *1Ishara M.D.P, 2Wimalasiri Y.S.G., 3Gunathilaka L.M.T.I.D. 1Temporary Lecturer, Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka 2Senior Lecturer, Institute of Indigenous Medicine...

REVIEW ON BENEFITS OF PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS FOR ATHLETES Ishara M.D.P* and Wimalasiri Y.S.G. ABSTRACT As the competitiveness is increasing in the field of sports, the popularity of the protein Supplements has increased in the market. The role of Protein for Athletes are, helping to meet the threshold of their physical activity, increase muscle mas...

In broad sense e-learning (electronic learning) can be defined as teaching and learning by the use of any electronic media such as radio, television, telephones, CDs/DVDs, e-books, websites, Learning Management Systems (LMS) etc. But the term ‘e-learning’ is most commonly used for the use of computers and the Internet in teaching and learning. In S...

Food Hypersensitivity is a disease with broad spectrum of symptoms arising due to a series of immunological reactions triggered by set of mediators acting on various sites of the body producing localized or generalized signs and symptoms. A sign and symptoms checker or a scoring system is desirable for the medical practitioners as well as the immun...

A total number of 452 school children were recruited for the study and 449 had responded thus, response rate was 99.34%. From the respondents 137 (30.3%) had answered ‘yes’ for hypersensitivity reactions on foods, drugs, pollen, dust or any other allergen/agent. Out of the total hypersensitivity declared individuals, 90 (19.9%) respondents had food...