Introduction: Low back pain has a profound impact both directly and indirectly on individuals. It is estimated that 60% to 80% of any population will experience low back pain at some point in their lives. There are number of causes for low back pain and Sciatica is one of them. Study aimed to assess the efficacy of Acupuncture for the management of Sciatica pain. Material and Methods: This study was conducted among 200 patients attending the Outdoor Patient department at Dr D.N. Kotnis Health and Education Center. With each subject a prior informed and written consent was obtained. A predesigned and pretested proforma was used to collect the socio demographic profile. Severity of Pain was measured with the help of Likert Scale whereas the reading on Likert scale was taken at the time of first visit and last visit of patients for comparison of pain. Data was first entered into MS excel sheet and then was exported to SPSS version 20.0 for appropriate analysis. Results: Wilcoxon signed rank test was applied to determine the efficacy of the treatment on reducing the pain, further it was observed that the effect of the treatment was statistically significant (p<0.001) Conclusion: Acupuncture provides effective relief from Sciatica pain. However initiation of treatment at young age provides quick response and healing by reducing suffering of sciatica pain.

BACKGROUND: The uterus remains quiescent throughout 9 months and begins to act on its own when full term is approached. Almost 50% women deliver in the duration of one week before and after the calculated EDD; and induction of labour is needed in about 20% of women: to increase the success of labour induction, to reduce the duration and complications of labour and to diminish the rate of caesarean sections. Cervical ripening is needed before induction of labour. There are many methods for induction of labour; however till date, none of them can claimed to be the best. To compare the AIM OF PRESENT STUDY: safety and efcacy of Dinoprostone gel versus intracervical foley's catheter for ripening of cervix and induction of labour. Compara MATERIAL AND METHODS: tive prospective study was conducted on 400 full term uncomplicated primigravida women needing induction of labour between January 2019 to June 2020 in department of obstetrics & gynecology at GMC Kota in Rajasthan.Group A: 200 women induced with Dinoprostone gel and Group B: 200 women induced with extra-amniotic Foley's catheter. Baseline characteristics like maternal age, gestational age, indication for induction were comparable in both the groups. The mean induction to delivery interval was shorter in RESULT: group A (12.69 ± 3.64 hours) as compared to Group B (18.17 ± 3.17 hours) and this difference was statistically highly signicant (P = 0.0001). There was no signicant difference observed in mode of delivery, labour progress at 18 hours, indication for caesarean section, maternal side effects, mean birth weight, Apgar score at 5 mins, number of NICU admissions between the two groups. The number of vaginal deliveries we CONCLUSION: re similar in both the groups but mean induction to delivery interval was signicantly shorter with Dinoprostone gel. However, the maternal and fetal outcomes were better in Foley's catheter group although the difference was not statistically signicant

Introduction: Allergic Rhinitis is a common inflammatory disease of the nasal mucosa. It is a symptomatic disorder of the nose induced after allergen exposure due to an IgEmediated inflammation of membranes lining the nose. Usual treatment of Allergic rhinitis includes allergen avoidance, effective symptomatic treatment, antihistamines or steroids, standardized immunotherapy, and patient health education. There are also recommended complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies including, Ayurvedic medicine, herbal medicines, Acupuncture, Homeopathy, and several other modalities. Material and methods: This study was conducted on 80 patients diagnosed positive for Allergic Rhinitis attending the Outdoor Patient Department (OPD) of Dr. D.N. Kotnis Health & Education Centre, Ludhiana, Punjab. The severity of the patient's problem was taken on Liker's scale at their first visit and the last visit of the treatment. The acupuncture points were punctured until the needling sensation/ Qi was achieved. The points were connected with an electrical stimulator for 30-40 minutes followed by a moxibustion application with stick moxa for 15-20 minutes. The collected data were subjected to multinominal logistic regression using ROCR package of the R programming environment. Results: It is noted that, statistically after treatment, the results for pre and post-treatment varied significantly with p=0.0039, df= 15. There was maximum improvement seen for nasal symptoms and insomnia treatment. Conclusion: Acupuncture provides an effective and safe treatment modality for allergic rhinitis. It provides a significant reduction in major symptoms of allergic rhinitis improving the Quality of life of the patient.