Current research in complementary & alternative medicine最新文献

{"title":"Evaluation of Chemopreventive Potential and Regulated Toxicity of a Phyto-fabricated Silver Nanoformulation using Bark Extract of Saraca asoca in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Mice in vivo and in vitro","authors":"","doi":"10.29011/2577-2201.100048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29011/2577-2201.100048","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91013,"journal":{"name":"Current research in complementary & alternative medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43411052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Case for Moxibustion for Painful Syndromes: History, principles and rationale.","authors":"Nigel C Dawes, Joyce K Anastasi","doi":"10.29011/2577-2201.100053","DOIUrl":"10.29011/2577-2201.100053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has evolved over thousands of years. TCM practitioners use various approaches (such as acupuncture and tai chi) as well as herbal products to address health problems. Though lesser known in the west, the practice of Moxibustion is an integral part of Traditional East Asian Medicine. Moxibustion is an important non-invasive treatment that has shown to be beneficial in treating painful syndromes including neuropathy. It has been suggested that moxibustion may alleviate neuroinflammation by inhibiting NF-kB and by activating Nrf2. These anti-inflammatory and protective mechanisms could be key to exploring the use of moxibustion in treating other etiologies of neuropathy including HIV. There is ample scope for future study in this area and consideration of the history, development and practical applications of moxibustion therapy may be of help in this regard. This article seeks to explore the background, principles, and application of moxibustion in the clinical setting with particular emphasis on its potential for symptom management in the treatment of neuropathy and pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":91013,"journal":{"name":"Current research in complementary & alternative medicine","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9491495/pdf/nihms-1787630.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33477503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Pilot Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of ZingiVir-H, Herbo-Mineral Drug in Patients with Viral Fever","authors":"Hareendran Nair, Rajani A Nayar, G. Sreekumar, Sheeja Chandran, SP Parvathy, KV ManeshKumar, Sreejith Satheesan, Shan Sasidharan","doi":"10.29011/2577-2201.100044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29011/2577-2201.100044","url":null,"abstract":"A viral infection develops when an organism’s body is attacked by pathogenic viruses, and infectious virus particles attach to and enter susceptible cells. There are a few antiviral medicines available to manage the viral infection. The objective of this pilot clinical study was to demonstrate the preliminary evaluation on the efficacy and safety of ZingiVir-H, a herbomineral Ayurvedic preparation in hospitalized adults diagnosed with viral infection. A total of thirty patients above 18 years of age presenting with fever were enrolled from 3rd October 2019 to 28th December 2019 for conducting the pre-test and post-test clinical trial. All the patients were administered with ZingiVir-H tablet (500 mg) orally every 4th hour along with lukewarm water after light meal. The intervention was continued until the body temperature became normal. Body temperature, Complete Blood Count (CBC), Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (C-RP), Liver Function Test (LFT), and Renal Function Test (RFT) were recorded after treatment, first follow-up (on 7th day of discharge) and 2nd follow-up (on 30th day from first follow-up date). LFT and RFT were observed before treatment and 2nd follow-up (on 30th day from first follow-up date) and the results obtained were analyzed statistically. Repeated measurements with ANOVA recorded a significant decrease in body temperature (within an average of 4.3 days), CBC, ESR, C-RP after the intervention. The LFT and RFT parameters before and after treatments were within the recommended clinical range which established the hepato-renal safety of the ZingiVir-H in the study subjects. This study proved that ZingiVir-H is highly effective and safe in managing viral fever (jwara). Citation: Nair HJ, Nayar RA, Sreekumar GS, Chandran S, Parvathy SP, et al. (2021) A Pilot Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of ZingiVir-H, HerboMineral Drug in Patients with Viral Fever. Curr Res Complement Altern Med 5: 144. DOI: 10.29011/2577-2201.100044 2 Volume 5; Issue 01 Curr Res Complement Altern Med, an open access journal ISSN: 2577-2201","PeriodicalId":91013,"journal":{"name":"Current research in complementary & alternative medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42693997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of Local Chromotherapy on Carrageenaninduced Acute Inflammatory Pain in Rats","authors":"","doi":"10.29011/2577-2201.100043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29011/2577-2201.100043","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91013,"journal":{"name":"Current research in complementary & alternative medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69473928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ethnomedicinal survey in two villages of Cumilla district, Bangladesh","authors":"B. Islam, Promita Deb, M. Rahmatullah","doi":"10.29011/2577-2201.100045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29011/2577-2201.100045","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Folk medicines play an important part among the village people in Bangladesh. The main objective of the present study was to carry out a randomized ethnomedicinal survey among the folk medicine practitioners (Kavirajes) of two villages, Parati and Panjab, located in Cumilla Sadar south sub-district of Cumilla district in Bangladesh. Methods: Informed consent was obtained from the Kavirajes and surveys were conducted with the help of a semi-structured questionnaire and the guided field-walk method. Interviews were carried on in the Kaviraje’s native language – Bengali. After completing the survey, voucher specimens were deposited into the Bangladesh National Herbarium for complete identification. Results: It was observed that the Kavirajes of the two villages used 16 plant species which were distributed into 16 distinct families. Plants belonging to these 16 families were used for the treatment of various ailments such as jaundice, blood dysentery, asthma in infants, leukorrhea, dysentery, abdominal pain, lower abdominal fat, lower back pain, tachycardia, and painful abscess. The major plant part used were leaves (50%), followed by bark and gum (13.2% each), and young shoot, whole plant, pith, and bulb (6% each). Kavirajes, once plentiful are becoming scarce both as to numbers and to their medicinal knowledge. The present survey points to possible plants that need to be pharmacologically assessed as to their traditional uses. Conclusion: The plant information collected in the present survey is suggestive of significant prospects for further scientific research towards discovery of lead compounds and possibly better drugs.","PeriodicalId":91013,"journal":{"name":"Current research in complementary & alternative medicine","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69473938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of a Single Dose of Teacrine, Caffeine, or their Combination on Subjective Feelings, As Well as Heart Rate and Blood Pressure in Adults","authors":"R. Bloomer, M. Butawan, M. L. Stockton, Nicholas J. G. Smith","doi":"10.29011/2577-2201/100034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29011/2577-2201/100034","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Theacrine is structurally similar to caffeine, and reported to improve mood and cognition in human subjects. The purpose of the present study was to determine the impact of theacrine on subjective mood, cognitive performance, Heart Rate (HR) and Blood Pressure (BP). Methods: 24 men (aged: 24.3±6.1) and 26 women (aged: 23.4±3.5) ingested a placebo, theacrine (Teacrine®, Compound Solutions, Inc.) at 25mg, at 125mg, caffeine at 150mg, or theacrine at 125mg + caffeine at 150mg on five separate occasions, separated by approximately one week. HR and BP were measured before ingestion and at 30 minutes, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 hours post ingestion. Subjects rated their subjective feelings at the above times, and performed the Trail Making Test (TMT) of cognitive performance at baseline and at hours 2 and 4 post ingestion. Results: Treatment with theacrine had little impact on HR and BP, with only marginal increases noted (~3 bpm; ~3mm Hg). No condition effects were noted for the TMT (p>0.05), with similar scores noted for all conditions. Effects were noted for subjective feelings such as attentive, focus, energy, and motivation to exercise; with the caffeine and theacrine+caffeine generally noted to have the most favorable scores, with theacrine at 25mg and placebo generally noted to have the least favorable scores. Conclusion: These findings indicate that theacrine, when used alone at 125mg or in combination with caffeine, does not result in any significant increase in HR or BP but may improve measures of subjective feelings in healthy men and women.","PeriodicalId":91013,"journal":{"name":"Current research in complementary & alternative medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46312611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Merging Ayurvedic Ashwagandha with Traditional Chinese Medicine Part 1. Foundation in Ashwagandha: Physiological Effects, Clinical Efficacy, and Properties","authors":"M. Forman, Nicholas A Kerna","doi":"10.29011/2577-2201/100033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29011/2577-2201/100033","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has a methodical and organized system for the classification of herbal medicines. These classifications have been developed over many hundreds of years of careful observation and documentation of each of the traditional herbs and their effect on the human body. Due to isolation and long distances between different countries and cultures, certain significant herbal medicines (such as Ashwagandha from India) are not currently classified per TCM principles. The systems of Ayurveda and TCM are juxtaposed, herein, to establish a parallel between the two systems. In TCM, each herbal substance has its distinct attributes; therefore, a side-by-side comparison was made between each relevant herb and Ashwagandha. Because of this comparison, in the TCM herbal classification system, Ashwagandha can be categorized as “Tonify Qi” and “Tonify Blood and Essence”. This comparison, depicted in (Table 1), provides evidence to classify Ashwagandha in TCM accurately and establishes a methodology by which other relevant herbal medicines can be joined with Chinese medicine and classified under TCM categories and terms.","PeriodicalId":91013,"journal":{"name":"Current research in complementary & alternative medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42515538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New Development of Chinese Medicine by Integrating Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Medicine","authors":"Tianxing Xu, Qin Wang","doi":"10.29011/2577-2201/100032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29011/2577-2201/100032","url":null,"abstract":"Based on more than 20 years’ research and clinical practice as well as based on the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory, the author developed new concepts on TCM. These new concepts include: The Yin-Yang and Five-element theory is updated to Yin-Yang and Six-element theory. Under this new theory, wood, fire, • earth, metal, water, the traditional five elements in the TCM theory has been extended to six elements by adding the new element of Qi, which is called the new Wood-Fire-Earth-Metal-Water-Qi theory. Heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, the traditional Five-Zang • 1 theory is extended to the Six-Zang theory by adding the organ of pancreas, which is named as the new Heart-Liver-Spleen-Lung-KidneyPancreas theory. Changing the relationship between “elements” and “Zang-Fu • 2 “ in the TCM theory and the relationship of subjugation and reverse restriction in the five elements; and analyzing the evolution of meridian (main and collateral channels) system and twelve meridians lingers; creatively proposing the distribution and movement model of the five Qi elements The description on pericardium in the TCM theory is replaced by spleen. The author also proposed the hypothesis that • formation of extraordinary organs3 (Qi-Heng-Zhi-Fu) was the results of generation and transformation between Six-Zang organs and Six-Fu organs. By comparing the triple-energizer system in the TCM with the lymph system in western medicine, the author proposed the • concept of new triple-energizer system, which are helpful for us to understand the TCM in the way of the western medicine system. By using the digital technology to explain the meridian system and their movement patterns in human body, the author • explained the concept of acupoint. The adoption of digital technology in meridian system have made a full integration of the TCM and western medicine. These new concepts not only improved and developed the TCM theory, promoted its integration with western medicine, but also explored a new theory and method for development of the TCM theory, disease prevention and treatment. Under the direction of the new concepts, the cure rate of common diseases was significantly increased, cure cycle was shortened, and the curative effect on the patients with complicated diseases was very remarkable, leading to over 85% of an average cure rate. Note: 1A collective term for the heart, liver, spleen, lung and kidney. 2A collective term for all internal organs, including zang orangs ,fu organs ,and extra fu organs. 3A collective term for the brain, marrow, bones, blood vessels, gallbladder and uterus. They are so called because their physiological properties are different from both ordinary zang and fu organs. Citation: Xu T, Wang Q (2018) New Development of Chinese Medicine by Integrating Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Medicine. Curr Res Complement Altern Med: CRCAM-132. DOI:10.29011/ 2577-2201 /100032 2 Volume 2018; Issue 03 Curr Res Complement Altern Med, an open acc","PeriodicalId":91013,"journal":{"name":"Current research in complementary & alternative medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43633144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Acupuncture in Cancer Care: Is it a Really Feasible and Attractive Therapeutic Option? A Single-Centre Experience","authors":"P. Giovanis, A. Ronchi, M. Marcante, F. Zustovich, D. Pastorelli","doi":"10.29011/2577-2201/100031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29011/2577-2201/100031","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Complementary and Alternative medicine (CAM) is commonly used by cancer patients (pts). Recent randomised controlled trials showed that acupuncture is safe, effective and feasible for the management of cancer-related fatigue and other adverse events of anti-neoplastic therapies. Materials and Methods: Since November 2012 we have been offering a supportive care program of 20 minutes’ weekly session of acupuncture for the management of chemotherapy-induced nausea/vomiting, hot flashes, cancer-related fatigue, xerostomia. A brochure regarding indications and techniques was offered to all cancer patients who received a systemic anticlastic therapy (Chemotherapy, Target Therapy, Endocrine Treatment) and/or radiation therapy. Results: More than 500 pts affected by solid tumours or lymphoma were treated in our Operative Unit during the period of the project. None of them preferred to receive acupuncture in addition to the specific pharmacological treatment. Conclusion: Cancer pts of the district of Belluno, Italy did not demonstrate any interest in acupuncture for the management of side effects of anti-neoplastic treatments.","PeriodicalId":91013,"journal":{"name":"Current research in complementary & alternative medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47989038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}