Observations on Vamana procedure in healthy volunteers

Vamana Karma (therapeutic emesis) primarily a Samshodhana Karma (purification procedure) is one of the five Pradhana Karmas (chief procedures) of Panchakarma. It is mentioned in Ayurvedic texts that a person after Samyak Vamana (proper Vamana) experiences lightness of the body, Hrit (precordium), Kantha (throat/voice), and Shirah (head) and weakness. This procedure is effectively used in healthy and ailing persons for purification of body and extraction of Doshas (especially Kapha) in Ayurvedic system. It has been found worth to observe the physiological and biochemical changes during Vamana and after the procedure to understand the effect/safety margins of the procedure in healthy volunteers.

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“…The procedure of Vamana is as per the standard protocol prescribed in classics and adopted in earlier works. [6]…”

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Physiological and biochemical changes with Vamana procedure

Gupta

Mahapatra

Makhija

et al. 2012

AYU

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“…Additionally, there is Vamana (therapeutic emesis) and Virechana (therapeutic purgation) which are essentially liquid biowastes of emesis and purgation, respectively containing doshas (Kabra et al, 2022;Katare et al, 2017;Rajan et al, 2019). pH and specific gravity of vomitus (from Vamana) in healthy patients is around 6-6.5 and 1.03, respectively, with the presence of mucus and some samples contain bile pigments (Gupta et al, 2011). Pathological wastes are classified as recognizable human body parts (human anatomical wastes), tissues, organs, animal carcasses, blood and other body fluids.…”

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Biomedical waste generation at Ayurveda hospitals in South Asia: A mini review of the composition, quantities and characteristics

Kularatne

2023

Waste Manag Res

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Ayurveda hospitals generate biomedical wastes (BMW). However, details on composition, quantities and characteristics are very scarce, details which are important to formulate a proper waste management plan for subsequent implementation and continual improvement. Therefore, this article presents a mini review of the composition, quantities and characteristics of BMW generated from Ayurveda hospitals. Additionally, this article presents some best possible treatment and disposal procedures. Most of the information was gleaned from peer-reviewed journals, although some information was collected by the author and from grey literature available to the author; 70–99% (by wet weight) of the solid waste is non-hazardous; biodegradables contributing to 44–60% by wet weight due to more used Kizhi (medicinal bags for fomentation) and other medicinal/pharmaceutical wastes (excluding waste medicated oils, which is 12–15% of the liquid medicinal waste stream and are not readily biodegradable) largely derived from plants. The hazardous waste component includes infectious wastes, sharps, blood as pathological wastes (from Raktamoksha – bloodletting ), heavy metal containing pharmaceutical wastes, chemical wastes and heavy metal rich wastes. Quantities of infectious wastes followed by sharps and blood form a major portion of hazardous wastes. Most of the infectious waste material contaminated with blood or other body fluids and sharps from Raktamoksha are very similar (appearance, moisture content and bulk density) to what is generated from hospitals practicing Western medicine. However, hospital-specific waste studies are required in future to better understand the sources, areas of generation, types, quantities and characteristics of BMW, and hence to formulate more accurate waste management plans.

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“…all of which we know have an immunological background. Deepak and Pachak medicine help to digest this Ama acting as immunoreactive agents since they modify immune-related disease 7 . Apart from these, a healthy microbiome can be kept through panchakarma and deepan pachan chikitsa as these treatments work on the GI tract.…”

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Management of Antibiotic Resistance by Ayurveda – A Literary Review

Bande¹,

Mishra²,

Kolarkar³

2021

IAMJ

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Background – Antibiotic resistance is rising to dangerously high levels worldwide. WHO’s new Global Antimi- crobial Surveillance System (GLASS) reveals widespread occurrence of Antibiotic resistance among 500000 people with suspected bacterial infections across 22 countries. India is no different from it, facing the problem of rising cases of multidrug-resistant TB which adds to the burden of infectious disease in India. Aim – In this literary review problem, current scenario, causes and solution on Antibiotic Resistance from an Ayurvedic perspective will be assessed. Methodology - Articles on Antibiotic Resistance from research papers, journals, and various sites and basic principles from Samhitas and various Ayurvedic Journals, Articles and Research papers on this perspective will be reviewed. Conclusion – Conclusion will be drawn after a thorough literature review on the above subject. Keywords- Antibiotic Resistance, Panchkarma, Rasayana

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Observations on Vamana procedure in healthy volunteers

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Physiological and biochemical changes with Vamana procedure

Physiological and biochemical changes with Vamana procedure

Biomedical waste generation at Ayurveda hospitals in South Asia: A mini review of the composition, quantities and characteristics

Management of Antibiotic Resistance by Ayurveda – A Literary Review

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