Clinical evaluation of sahacharadi and nirgundi tailas in saisaveeyavata (poliomyelitis).

A research trial was conducted at in-patient level to compare the efficacy of Sahacharadi taila with that of Nirgundi taila in Saisaveeyavata (Poliomyelitis). Forty cases were selected for the trial and grouped into two at random and treated with Sahacharadi taila and Nirgundi taila respectively. Results in both groups were highly encouraging and statistically significant.

Study of doshic involvement in apasmara (epilepsy) and its utility.

68 cases of epilepsy are studied here for assessing the doshic dominance to understand prognosis with a view to supplement the treatment with some doshahara compounds or drugs. Most of the cases studied or vata or pitta dominant cases, thereby, requiring vatahara or pittahara treatment.

Action of sahacharadi yoda in khanja and pangu.

Pangu. is a disease caused by vitiated Vata. It is described among 80 Vata rogas.

PHARMACOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF COMPOUND AYURVEDIC PREPARATIONS: Part C : Vettumaran Gutika(VTG).

Vettumaran Gutika produced moderate CNS depressant effect, prolonged pentobarbitone and diazepam induced sleep, produced initial depression followed by stimulation of SMA in mice. It did not effect SCR and CAR in rats, reserpine effects in mice and threshold of tail-flick response in rats. It failed to protect rats and mice aginst Electro, pentylenetetrazol and strychnine induced convulsions and did not supress carrageenin induced hind paw oedema in rats.