ABC of complementary medicine: Herbal medicine

Vickers, Andrew; Zollman, Catherine

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“…Many conventional drugs have been originated from plant sources. 1 In the current scenario, the demand for herbal products is growing exponentially throughout the world and major pharmaceutical companies are currently conducting extensive research on plant Many medicinal plants have been evaluated for their antioxidant properties. Natural antioxidants either in the form of raw extracts or their chemical constituents are very effective to prevent the damage caused by oxidative stress.…”

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Evaluation of Antioxidant, Toxicological and wound healing Properties of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. (Malvaceae) ethanolic leaves extract on different Experimental animal models

Mondal¹,

Ghosh²,

Sagar³

et al. 2016

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Objective: The present research article was conducted to study the toxicity profile, antioxidant potential and wound healing activity of ethanolic leaves extract of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. (ELEHR). Materials and Methods: In-vitro antioxidant properties were assessed using DPPH radical scavenging activity, Nitric oxide scavenging activity, and superoxide radical scavenging activity. Acute toxicity was performed to study the general behavioural pattern of mice and sub-acute toxicity studies were performed to study the toxic effects of the test extract on different biochemical and haematological parameters, body and organ weight and histopathology of liver, pancreas and kidney. Wound healing properties was evaluated using excision, incision, dead space and burn wound model. Results: Strong antioxidant activity was recorded in a concentration dependant manner for ELEHR in all three models. The toxicological evaluation of ELEHR revealed that it has a reasonable safety profile as there was no severe alteration. In the evaluation of wound healing properties, ELEHR treated group showed an enhanced wound contraction rate and epithelisation period in both excision and burn wound models, whereas in incision wound model wound breaking strength was significantly increased in extract treated group compared to control. Histology of the skin of healed excised wound also showed restoration to normal architecture in extract treated group. Wound healing activity was further substantiated by enhanced antioxidants and connective tissue markers which were estimated in dead space wound model. Conclusion: Thus ELEHR proved to be effective in wound healing which may be because of strong antioxidant properties and also possesses reasonable safety profile.

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Evaluation of Antioxidant, Toxicological and wound healing Properties of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. (Malvaceae) ethanolic leaves extract on different Experimental animal models

Mondal¹,

Ghosh²,

Sagar³

et al. 2016

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“…The life-giving energy that flows through the body is called Qi or chi. From ancient times, traditional Chinese have believed the body is healthiest when Qi is strong and well balanced [9,10].…”

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“…Traditional thought recognizes 12 meridians, each corresponding loosely to a bodily organ such as the heart, liver, and kidneys. Vickers and Zollman explain: "Qi energy must flow in the correct strength and quality through each of these meridians and organs for health to be maintained" ( [9], paragraph 2). Stimulating meridians (through gentle touch, deep massage, lasers, acupuncture needles, or other methods) is believed to influence energy flow.…”

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Talking through your Wrists: Using Nonverbal Cues to Assess Mind-Body Congruence in a Chiropractic Care Setting

2013

Altern Integ Med

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Based on observation of 30 client visits in a complementary care office, this article describes an innovative way of "talking to the body" to achieve greater health. Ethnomethodological analysis reveals how participants interactively make sense of a treatment modality known as Neuro Emotional Technique. As the same time, this exploration considers how the assumptions of a traditional Chinese medicine model and a contemporary nonverbal model apply to the interactions. Although the medical model and communication model originated more than 3,500 years and 6,000 miles apart, their central tenets are remarkably similar and reflect many of the assumptions displayed by actual participants. From each perspective, nonverbal communication is regarded as a useful way to bridge the gap between mind and body and to reveal emotional issues unrealized by the mind. Public sentiment is not entirely favorable, however. In a 1999 care as nothing but irrational mysticism. Public criticism has been more measured in the years since [4]. But physician Paul A. Offit, author of in 2013, in which he wrote: "Current gaps in medical knowledge aren't going to be filled by energy fields, acupuncture meridians, or the notion that all things natural must be good for you" ([5], paragraph 19). Offit isn't entirely dismissive of complementary methods, but he is among those who openly encourage skepticism about their usefulness.The current study is not designed to address the efficacy of complementary treatment methods. Instead, it acknowledges, first, that we live in an information environment that involves conflicting messages about such methods, and further, that within that environment, it falls to us to negotiate the meaning of ambiguous information about them. As you will see, some of the patients described in this study were regular patrons of NET. Others were introduced to it without prior exposure, during what they expected to be fairly routine chiropractic sessions. It is informative to see how Dr. Clark presents the option and how the participants interactively negotiate what to make of the experience as it unfolds. Data CollectionAs stated, I collected data for this study during naturalistic observation of 30 client visits with Dr. Clark (not her real name). Dr. Clark is a European-American woman in her mid 30s. At the time of this study, she had been a chiropractor for about 10 years and an NET practitioner for about 7 years. Her office was located on a pleasant street lined by small businesses and historic homes. The majority of her clients (approximately 75%) were women between 30 and 50 years of age. Over three months' time, I observed 27 female and 3 male clients, which constituted a typical patient load for her. The clients' ages ranged from 3 days old to about 65 years old. In all, I observed 4 children and babies and 26 adults. Only clients who visited Dr. Clark during my observation period were included in this study.Before the study, I met with Dr. Clark and her receptionist to discuss the protocol for securing infor...

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“…Current appraise has propounded that, in many emerging countries, about 2/3rd of the population reckons laboriously on medicinal plants to encounter their basic health care needs (Farnsworth and Soejarto, 1991). Lavish endeavors have been made for revelation and development of natural medicines from diverse animal and plant sources which possess antithrombotic poten-tial (Rajapakse et al, 2005), such as aspirin a well known and commonly used antiplatelet drug is also derived from bark of medicinal plant namely Salix alba (Vickers and Zollman, 1999).…”

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Antithrombotic potential of <i>Berberis calliobotrys</i> extract

Alamgeer

Asif

Rasool

2016

Bangladesh J Pharmacol

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This study was focused with the aim to investigate the antithrombotic potential of Berberis calliobotrys. Aqueous-methanolic extract and various fractions showed significant (p<0.05-0.001) increase in prothrombin, activated partial thromboplastin and clotting time while only aqueous methanolic extract caused clot lysis when added to the blood samples of rabbit and human. In vivo study in rabbits, butanolic fraction (100 mg/kg) produced more significant prolongation in bleeding, prothrombin, activated partial thromboplastin and clotting time. Interestingly butanolic fraction had shown more pronounced effects among all tested extracts both in vivo and in vitro studies. Hence, it was subjected to antilipid peroxidation and phytochemical studies (total falvonoid contents, HPLC-DAD profile, FTIR). In conclusion, B. calliobotrys induce transient changes in the coagulation parameters, may it possess active constituents responsible for its antithrombotic potential. Article Info

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ABC of complementary medicine: Herbal medicine

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Evaluation of Antioxidant, Toxicological and wound healing Properties of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. (Malvaceae) ethanolic leaves extract on different Experimental animal models

Evaluation of Antioxidant, Toxicological and wound healing Properties of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. (Malvaceae) ethanolic leaves extract on different Experimental animal models

Talking through your Wrists: Using Nonverbal Cues to Assess Mind-Body Congruence in a Chiropractic Care Setting

Antithrombotic potential of <i>Berberis calliobotrys</i> extract

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