Prevention of mortality in acute lung injury induced by oleic acid: Application of polyherbal decoction (bronco T).

Acute lung injury (ALI) is a lethal respiratory disorder; directed uncontrolled inflammation, sloughing of the alveolar cells and their diffusion, and altered cardiorespiratory parameters with a global mortality rate of 40%. This study was designed to assess the preventive effect of a polyherbal decoction (Bronco T, 1.5 g/kg b.

Hepatic encephalopathy: cause and possible management with botanicals.

Hepatic encephalopathy is a brain functional disorder, characterized by neuropsychiatric abnormalities with liver failure. High blood ammonia, causing glutamate neurotoxicity is the basic cause, finally leading to low-grade cerebral edema. Its manifestation is more likely in patients of sepsis, oxidative stress, generalized inflammation, gut mal-functioning, amoebiaesis, viral hepatitis, nervous imbalance, etc.