Since bygone times natural remedies remain a primal source of medicine for public health. Triphala and cow urine are the inherent natural remedies recommended in the time-honored medicinal system of Ayurveda. Traditionally cow urine is practiced with multifarious plant species for differential medicinal values but still unnoticed by the scientific world for the investigation of its traditional assert. The present appraisal deals with the evaluation of antioxidative and enzyme inhibitory strength of cow urine extract of Triphala by in vitro methods. The antioxidative capability of the cow urine extract was noteworthy in DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) and ABTS [2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)] radical curbing mode, successively delineated the IC50 statistics of 95.47 μg/ml and 138.92 μg/ml, respectively. The antidiabetic competence was examined through the approach of inhibitory action averse to α-amylase and α-glucosidase serially rendered the IC50 statistics of 172.97 μg/ml and 199.56 μg/ml while the accomplishment of anti-inflammatory prospects against lipoxygenase was beheld with the IC50 statistics of 123.57 μg/ml. The cow urine extract expressed a substandard rendition of antiproteinase scrutiny. In the course of experimentation, traditional claims of herbal treatment in combination with cow urine may become instrumental to curb the cultivation of distinct diseases and beneficial outcomes of cow urine extract of Triphala are presumably linked to the essential bioactive chemical substances in the extract.

Background: Hangman's fracture (Fracture of cervical vertebrae) in hanging is usually described into the context of judicial type of hanging where the individual is dropped from a calculated height with sub-mental or sub-aural position of ligature knot. Such a long drop with typical upper cervical vertebral fracture is a rare entity in a case of suicidal hanging. Case presentation: We have described such a case where an average built deceased weighing 62 kg hang himself with a nylon rope by jumping from a branch of tree with a drop length of 6.3 m, which was sufficiently long enough to cause soft tissue injuries, transection of larynx along with fracture and dislocation of cervical spine at C2-C3 level contrary to the fact that position of ligature knot was in sub-occipital area. Hence, this rare case is discussed with reference to the probable mechanism involved in causation of such internal injuries. Conclusion: In our case of long drop hanging, we found fracture of cervical spine when ligature knot was placed at sub-occipital position which is a rare autopsy finding. We also noticed deep laceration of skin and transection of larynx as extremely rare finding in hanging caused by flexible and blunt nylon rope used as ligature material.