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AYURVAEDA: ITS CONTEXT AND PROSPECTS IN NEPAL
Ayurveda is the age old traditional system
of medicine of the Indian subcontinent including Nepal.
In spite of its antiquity going back to the Vedic period
much before the Christian era, it is still in extensive
practice and is also an officially recognized system of
medicine in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. It is also claimed
that majority of the population in these countries is served
by Ayurveda or that its practitioners are the first port
of call for the health problems of the population. |
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- Prof. Dr. LM Singh & Bhupendra Nirajan |
INTERNATIONAL
TRAINING TCDC IN TCM, 2004 IN BEIJING CHINA
The
special character of Chinese medicine system is
integrated system with holistic concept. In medicine,
surgery, acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping, massage
therapy etc. so that in the one hand patients needn't
consult different hospitals for different therapy
& in the other hand one management, same infrastructure,
low number of employee, low cast etc can fulfill
the need of many types of patients. |
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- Dr. Rabindra
Pandey |
TRADITIONAL
CHINESE MEDICINE AND POPULAR HERBS IN THAILAND
Traditional Chinese Medicine is a medical
system developed from the experience of Chinese
people over thousand of year in their struggle
against diseases. It is developed as early as
4000 yrs ago. The essential characteristics of
Traditional Chinese medicines are concept of wholism
and treatment determination based on syndrome
differentiation.
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- Dr. Rabindra
Pandey |
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AYURVEDA'S TRIPHALA EMERGING AS CANCER FIGHTER
One of the commonest and cheapest of Ayurvedic
medical formulations - Triphala - is now emerging
as one of the most potent anticancer agents.
Antioxidant studies conducted at The Radiation
Chemistry and Chemical Dynamics Division, Bhabha
Atomic Research Centre in Trombay revealed that
all three constituents of triphala are active
and they exhibit slightly different activities
under different conditions and the mixture, triphala,
is expected to be more efficient due to the combined
activity of the individual components. |
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Francis C. Assisi |
HYPOCHOLESTEROLAEMIC
STUDIES OF THE EXTRACT OF CURCUMA AMADA RHIZOME
The 50% ethanol and ether extracts of the rhizome
of Curcuma amada (mangoginger) were studied
for hypocholesterolaemic activity in normal
adult rats. Oral feeding of 500 mg/kg of the
extracts every day for 2 weeks did not produce
any change in the total serum cholesterol level.
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Dr. Narendra N Tiwari
& Dr.Mohan P Jhosi
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CAN AYURVEDA PROVIDE A TREATMENT FOR ALZHEMIER'S?
According
to researchers, Ayurveda boosts mental alertness
in the same manner as the conventional drugs.
An improvement in memory and concentration was
noted in Alzheimer's patients with the help
of plants used in Ayurveda.
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It is believed
that several kinds of treatments - some of which
are still beyond the scope of modern science
- are possible in Ayurveda for a healthy life.
Unfortunately, our Ayurvedic health organizations
are remembered only for certain common ailments.
Besides, Nepali Ayurvedic Doctors (local products)
suffer from a trememndous identity crisis. |
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Nirajan |
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WHAT IS AYURVEDA?
Coming to the definition "Ayurveda",
it has been described by ancient and great physician
CHARAK also known as father of Ay. Medicine as "The
science that indicates the appropriate and the inappropriate,
happy or sorrowful conditions of living, what is auspicious
or inauspicious for longevity as well as the measure
or the span of life itself is called as Ayurveda." |
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"DISCOVERING CORDYCEPS SINENSIS IN AYURVEDA" WORLD AYURVEDA CONGRESS 2006, PUNE
Cordyceps
sinensis, locally known as Yarsagumba in Nepali is found
in alpine meadows of Himalaya above 3600m from the sea
level. Yarsagumba develops when a type of fungus parasites
the larvae of a moth and forms a fungus composite body.
The larva forms a cocoon in the winter and hibernates
in the ground. |
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- Dr. Dinesh Gyawali |
HEALTH RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Scientific research is a systemic, empirical
and crucial investigation of hypothetical proportions about
the presumed relations among natural phenomena.
Research is an inquiry into the nature of the reasons for
and the consequences of any particular site of circumstances,
whether these circumstances are experimentally controlled
or record just as they occur.
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- Dr.
Rabindra Pandey |
WORLD
HEALTH DAY - IVEST IN HEALTH, BUILD
A SAFER FUTURE
An increasing measure of the health
of populations is height, which is strongly
regulated by nutrition and health care
among other standard of living and quality
of life. The aim of the Day is to urge
Governments, organizations and businesses
to "Invest in health, build a safer
future". Health systems need to
be ready to handle crises affecting
public health, thus minimizing damage
to people, the community and the economy. |
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By Dr. Rabindra Pandey |
PRESENT STATUS OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN NEPAL
Herbal resources are other forms of Ayurvedic wealth. The geographical structure and
advanced bio-diversity has made it possible for the Himalayan country to lodge numbers
of valuable medicinal plants. The Medicinal and Aromatic database of Nepal covers 1624
species of plants found in wild state or cultivated or naturalized or imported belonging to
938 genera and 218 families. |
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By Dr Rishi Ram Koirala |
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