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Feb202019 by adminNo Comments

General Health Survey To Observe Widespread of Common Health Complains in Koppa Taluka

Articles

Dr. Kavya V., ALNRMAMC, Koppa Dr. Aswathy P., ALNRMAMC, Koppa Dr. Shruthi Vasudevan, ALNRMAMC, Koppa Dr. Aartikala, ALNRMAMC, Koppa Dr. Arshiyabanu, ALNRMAMC, Koppa Dr. Ramya M., ALNRMAMC, Koppa Prof. (Dr.) Milind Hukkeri, ALNRMAMC, Koppa Health is matter of serious concern for everyone to remain happy and successful. Health surveys are specific tool providing a measure of population’s health status. It includes the health behaviors and risk factors for specific and general health problems for particular area. It also assists in assessment of costing of healthcare by policy makers for improvement of health. Administration uses such data for framing the policies on health related topics. Surveys depends upon the self-reporting of health status on broader level. Subjective nature of s...

Feb142019 by adminNo Comments

Careya arborea Roxb. (Girikarnika/Kumbhi/Kalindi)

Gallery, Medicinal Plants

Careya arborea Roxb. is a deciduous tree from family Lecythidaceae. It is found throughout India in forest and roadside area. Fruit is edible.

Feb122019 by adminNo Comments

NBCC (INDIA) TO DEVELOP ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDA, YOGA AND NATUROPATHY WITH 250 BED HOSPITAL IN GOA

News & Events

NBCC (India) Ltd., a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of AYUSH for the construction of a 250-bed Ayurveda and Naturopathy hospital in Goa. The proposed cost is Rs 267.81 crore. The MoU was signed between Shri Yogesh Sharma, Executive Director, NBCC and Dr. Tanuja Manoj Nesari, Director, All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Ministry of AYUSH. Hon'ble Minister, Ministry of Ayush, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik had recently laid the foundation stone. The institute will be spread over an area of 50 acres to offer UG, PG and Ph.D. degree to 500 students every year. (Courtesy: Ministry of Ayush)

Feb62019 by adminNo Comments

Editorial – February

Editorial

‘A healthy mind resides in a healthy body or healthy mind leads to healthy body,’ both are correct. As both physical and mental strengths are interrelated or mutually dependent in normal circumstances. Strength is quality or degree of being strong. It is ability to do anything with involvement of physical and mental effort. Various factors responsible for the promotion of strength as noted in Charak Sharirasthana 6/13 have dealt with genetic and external factors. External factors include diets, exercise and environmental factors while genetic factors are related with inheritance of qualities. Physical strength is usually measured in terms of density and strength of muscle and body mineral density (BMD). Research works have established the relationship of various pattern of skeletal muscle...

Feb42019 by adminNo Comments

Evolvulus alsinoides Linn. (Vishnukranta)

Gallery, Medicinal Plants

It is an appressed hairy herb. Leaves are 1-2.5 - 0.5-1 cm, ovate, elliptic or oblong. Flowers are axillary and solitary. Capsules are 0.3-05 cm across and rounded. Seeds are oblong, smooth and dark-brown. The whole plant is used as brain tonic. The decoction of plant is given as blood purifier. Evolvine, an alkaloid of plant is used as stimulant for respiration and blood pressure.

Feb12019 by adminNo Comments

Chionanthus mala-elengi (Densst.) P.S. Green

Gallery, Medicinal Plants

This is 8-10 meters tall tree with grey-green bark covered with raised lenticels. Leaves are simple, opposite, 4-15 x 2.5-5 cm in size, elliptic-ovate in shape with acuminated or rounded apex. Flowers are white to dull-white in colour and in cymes or in axillary fascicles. Drupes are ovoid. Traditionally in Kerala, bark and leaves of this plant are used in joint problems, for wound healing etc.

Jan312019 by adminNo Comments

Thunbergia mysorensis

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This is an ornamental plant. The word, 'Thunbergia is given after the name of Swedish botanist Thunberg. The species name, 'mysorensis' is based on the name of the place, Mysore (Karnataka, India). Like other species of Thunbergia, this plant is also used as antibacterial, anthelmintic etc. in folklore. Still researches are needed.

Jan302019 by adminNo Comments

Ricinus communis Linn. Seed

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Seeds are source of castor oil, used for medical and cosmetic purposes. Oil is well known purgative by causing irritation to intestine. The anti-inflammatory effect is also reported for the oil. In different skin related problems either, the oil is used.

Jan282019 by adminNo Comments

Bixa orellana Linn. (Bixaceae)

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Bixa orellana Linn. is a small tree, frequently known as Sinduri in Ayurveda. The seeds are claimed to be used as cordial, febrifuge, astringent etc. Red colour is obtained from seed coat which is due to carotenoid pigments.

Jan242019 by adminNo Comments

Gut microbes helps to remove gut toxicity

New Researches

A research conducted at Montana University and published in Nature Communications shows that gut microbes play an important role to combat arsenic toxicity. Scientists from Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK and Institut Pasteur, France have revealed the most likely source of cholera epidemic of Yemen through genome sequencing. A work of scientists from University of Washington published in Environmental Science & Technology exposes the development of new genetically modified houseplant capable of removing the chloroform and benzene from environment. Scientists of Imperial College, London have published his work in Clinical Chemistry linking many of miscarriages with poor quality of man’s sperm.