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Constraints faced by urban poor in managing diabetes care: patients' perspectives from South India [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Four out of five adults with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). India has the second highest number of diabetes patients in the world. Despite a huge burden, diabetes care remains suboptimal.
Amruthavalli, Subramani, Bhojani, Upendra, Criel, Bart, De Henauw, Stefaan, Devadasan, Narayanan, Kolsteren, Patrick, Mishra, Arima   +6 more
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The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
wiley   +1 more source

Honey: an important nutrient and adjuvant for maintenance of health and management of diseases

Journal of Ethnic Foods
Honey got its significance, both as medical and non-medical purposes. Honey is a complex matrix of several carbohydrates, amino acids, minerals and many more.
Deepak Kumar, Kalyan Hazra, Peyyala Venkata Vara Prasad, Rajesh Bulleddu   +3 more
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Review on Utharavasthi (Urogenital route of medicine administration)

Journal of Research in Traditional Medicine, 2018
Background: Vasthi (Rectal/urogenital route of medicine administration) is one among the most important therapies among the Panchakarma ( five purification therapy). Susrutha Acharya describes Vasthi as effective in disorders due to derangement of Vatha,
Meghana Pooleriveetil Padikkal
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AYUSH- 64: A potential therapeutic agent in COVID-19

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2022
Corona Virus disease (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic resulting in large scale morbidity and mortality worldwide. The management of COVID-19 has been a big challenge because of multifactorial pathophysiology and no specific treatment.
Ashok Kumar Panda, Sarbeswar Kar, Amit Kumar Rai, B.C.S. Rao, N. Srikanth   +4 more
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Whose knowledge, whose cure? traditional medicine and the boundaries of WIPO's 2024 genetic resources treaty

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract Traditional medicine—including complementary, integrative, Indigenous, and ancestral practices—remains a vital source of healthcare for billions worldwide, particularly in the Global South. Despite its widespread use and biomedical relevance, traditional medicinal knowledge has long been excluded from dominant intellectual property systems ...
Tolulope Anthony Adekola
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Complete healing of a Dooshivishajanya non-healing wound with Jalaukavacharana - A case report

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
A 35-year-old male patient, who is non-diabetic, non-dyslipidemic, normotensive, and euthyroid, and works as a hotel manager, visited our outpatient department with complaints of two ulcers on the inner side of his right lower leg, which developed ...
Praveen Balakrishnan, Emy S. Surendran, G.N. Sree Deepthi, A. Abhayadev, Lisha S. Raj   +4 more
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Allopathic Medicine’s Influence on Indigenous Peoples in the Kumaon Region of India [PDF]

, 2018
This paper focuses on the use of western medicine in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India. The goal of this research is to understand which healing practices are preferable in rural villages.
Blum, Eliana M
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Development and Characterization of Mesoporous Activated Carbon From Cassia fistula Waste

Analytical Science Advances, Volume 7, Issue 1, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Waste derived from the Cassia fistula tree, including pods, leaves and bark, was used as a starting material for the synthesis of mesoporous activated carbon (M‐AC) through a single‐step chemical activation process. Characterization of the samples was confirmed by using SEM, XRD, BET, FTIR and EDX analysis.
Bushra Hafeez, Sami Ullah, Khyzar Hayat, Rabia Sattar, Gaurav Sanghvi, Neeraj Khare, Muhammad Afzaal, Hanisah Kamilah, Fakhar Islam, Catherine Tamale Ndagire   +9 more
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Justicia adhatoda L. vasicin and vasicinone as bioactive phytochemical compounds: Isolation, characterization, and computational studies

Results in Chemistry, 2023
Justicia adhatoda L. has wide applications in traditional and modern medicine. Its major potency is due to the presence of two alkaloids viz. Vasicine and Vasicinone.
Cheemalapati Venkata Narasimhaji, Vijay Kumar, Murugammal Shanumugam, Ravindra Singh, Arjun Singh, Gokul Marimuthu, Ilavarasan Raju, Narayanam Srikanth, Rabinarayan Acharya   +8 more
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