Ala Narayana's research while affiliated with Osmania Medical College and other places

... To get relief from Dharunaka (Dandruff) the paste of Aragvadha pallava (leaves of Cassia fistula Linn), Dharati phala (fruit of Emblica officinalis), prapunnata (seeds of Cassia tora Linn.) were applied externally. Badara's (Zizyphus jujube Lal.) seed powder was used to make a paste along with butter, honey and jaggery and when applied externally helps in Vyanga (hyperpigmentation) (Penchala et al. 2011). ...

... Unique features of Ayurveda such as individualized approach, seasonal diet, contradictory food (virud dhaahara), contraindication of certain diet were not taken up for scientific work. [25][26][27] Health benefit of vegetables has long been identified by the authors of various classical texts of Ayurveda. 28 Based on this leads from Ayurveda literature, food supplements and prophylactic nutritional interventions may be developed. ...

... Reviews of Indian archaeology state that on the entire subcontinent, the only surviving ancient surgical tools were excavated at Taxila (18,48). The surgical instruments from Taxila are made of almost pure copper (18). ...

... Extracts from different parts of diverse species of plants like root, flower, leaves, seeds, etc. exhibit antibacterial properties were applied on cotton material for wound, healthcare care application. It is a well-known fact that the demand for the herbal drug treatment of various ailments is increasing and plant drugs from the ayurvedic system are being explored more, not only in India but also globally [2] . Haritaki (Terminalia chebula Retz.) is a drug which acquires highest position among all the drugs. ...

... Geophysical attributes of the sampling site are representative of the state's rural regions. The Jawali region has three state government funded primary health centers (HC) catering to the population; the health centers maintains daily outpatient data records in conformity with ICD10 code (Narayana et al., 2010;CBHI report, 2005). The prevalence of state-wide practice of biomass combustion as a primary energy source exists in the Himalayan region, which to a large extent contributes to the poor ambient air quality and high concentration of PM in the environment (Kumar and Attri, 2016). ...

... Minimal attempts have been made to reach at consensual agreement on defining the terminologies and neither any training was proposed to train the end users for using such comprehensive system of Ayurveda disease coding. (8 ) As may be predicted, this attempt of CCRAS could not generate any conspicuous sign of awareness among the people responsible for data keeping in Ayurveda . Only in the recent past, in wake of the developments made by the TCM counterparts and as a prelude to find a place in upcoming ICD revision, some refreshed revival attempts have been made by CCRAS in this direction. ...

... The study population was DC practitioners, who are registered under the Department of Indigenous Medicine Sri Lanka, under Section-55 (1) (e) in Ayurvedic Medical Council (AMC). The study area was selected as respective districts declared by the AMC database [17]. ...

... Ayurveda, Unani, and Chinese. 1 It grows in East Africa, South Africa, China, Brazil, India, Nepal, Mexico, Mauritius, and Pakistan. 2 In Pakistan, it is widely cultivated in the east of the Indus plains continuing north of the Himalayas, it grows to an approximate height of 1,200 m. 3 Whereas, iso-orientin is the active compound of Parkinsonia aculeata L (Leguminosae), a small, spiny tree commonly known as Retama, Mexican Palo Verde, Jerusalem thorn, and Jelly bean tree and is generally found in arid or seasonally flooded areas. The tree is widely distributed in tropical regions of America, India, Hawaii, Egypt, Middle East, Italy, Cyprus, tropical Africa, Australia, and Pakistan. ...

... Previous research in this area either randomized trials 7,8 revealed that all signs and symptoms were decreased by more than 80%, with the reduction being statistically significant. The key clinical symptom of this condition, blood in the stool, was reduced by 93.02 percent, and steroid use was reduced by 80 percent. ...

... Among seventeen research works found through the databases and other; three were reviews [6,13,14] , four research works covered physicochemical analysis [15,16,17,18] , five used pre-clinical evaluation of various samples of avartita ghrita and their respective ekapaki ghrita (ghrita obtained after single processing cycle) [18,19,20,21,22] . Research works involving humans were six; out of that three studies used avartita sneha by oral route, two by nasal route and one used local application [23,24,25,26,27,28] . ...