Day 2 :
Keynote Forum
Y.K.Sharma
Dean/Principal
Keynote: Geriatric health care-impact area of Ayurveda
Time : 10:00-10:30
Biography:
Y. K. Sharma has completd his BAMS(Gold Medalist), MD(Ay), Dip. Yoga, and holds PhD in Geriatrics. Former Dean/Principal for Rajiv Gandhi Government Post Graduate Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Paprol-Himachal Pradesh.
Abstract:
The World population of the elderly is increasing and by the year 2050, adults older than 65 years will comprise 1/5th of the global population. This growing population percentage of Old People in World is a serious challenge to existing health care structure of World especially in Developing and Underdeveloped countries. This shall have huge economic liability and is with potential to choke the hospitals of tertiary care in these countries which are already overloaded with patient care of other ailments of younger population with recoverable ailments. Thus it is desired that people live long, healthy and productive life without much burden on family and society. The health policies world over related with geriatric care should enable and support voluntary and non-governmental organizations as well as Alternative Systems of Medicines to supplement the care provided by the family and provide health care and protection to vulnerable elderly people. The main objective of such policies should be to make older people fully independent citizens. The biggest challenge with geriatric health problem is that in most of the cases the condition cannot be attributed to a single cause and action for their origin or management. In certain conditions like neuro-psychiatric disorders (Senile dementia, Alzheimer’s depression), the structural cause is unknown and senescence is attributed as major factor behind the degradation of physical and mental health as well as capabilities of old peoples. Ayurveda the ancient science of life with comprehensive approach for health management by promotion of health and disease management of individuals have always been looked for providing long and healthy life. Its concept of Rasayana has widely been propagated as a specialty for arresting the process of aging and assuring old age which is sickness free and productive. Various Ayurvedic therapeutics like Rasayans, Panchkarma, Herbal Formulations, etc have been thought to improve physical, immunological, psychological, cognitive potentials of individuals the progressive loss of which is core to the ailments of old age. The leading causes of morbidity and mortality among aged people comprise respiratory problems, heart diseases, cancer and stroke besides common age related functional disorders like lowered appetite, poor digestion, anemia, decreased colonic motility leading to constipation and impaction of stools, increased frequency of urine to retention, incontinency of urine, BPH, etc. Decreasing musculo-skeletal – power and tone leading to falls and fracture, as well as in-coordination of gait. Degenerative changes in Nervous system lead to dementia, delirium and depression, termers, ataxia and many other psychological ailments. Frequent lung infections, osteoarthritis etc are the other common old age related health problems. Author feels that working with these regressing features of old age is real impact area of Ayurveda practices. Further Ayurveda can also identify its impact area in Social, Psychological as well as Spiritual care of old people.
Keynote Forum
Shripathi Acharya
Muniyal Institute of Ayurveda Medical Sciences, Manipal, India
Keynote: Ayurveda medicine in general practice
Biography:
Shripathi Acharya currently works at Muniyal Institute of Ayurveda Medical Sciences, Manipal India as a Director Academic and does research in Medicine, Ayurveda, Integrative Medicine and Pharmacology. Their most recent publication is 'Analysis of Ayurvedic Drugs and Formulations used in Renal Disorders'. He has presented research papers in Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine in Philadelphia, USA, Bejing China, Milan. Italy, Glasgaw, UK, Singapore, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dhaka, Bangla Desh, Chaing Mai, Thailand. Author of 13 books on Ayurveda.
Abstract:
Ayurveda is an indigenous system of medicine which is popularly practiced in Indian subcontinent. It is also becoming familiar to America and Europe and accepted as a scientific system of medicine as this is having strong evidence base and recently also being well documented in India. About 2/3 of world population is having the opinion that to address the present challenges in health care system, regarding the non-communicating diseases management, especially the present conventional system is not sufficient, rather we should have an integrated approach with traditional system of medicines like Ayurveda, Yoga, Homeopathy, Siddha, Unani, etc. Ayurveda medicines are usually cost effective, safe and affordable and also people friendly. Life style disorders, non-communicable disorders, psychosomatic diseases can be treated in a better way than conventional system alone. In that perspective, an integrative approach is a better option to treat the disease. Diseases like Diabetes mellitus, Hypertension, Ischemic heart disease, Osteoarthritis, obesity are few diseases which are chronic and need prolonged treatment. Ayurveda medicines are safe even in prolonged course of treatment. So, in this scientific era, it is better if integrated medicine is practiced to address the non-communicable disorders.
Keynote Forum
Sudhir V Joshi
District Ayurved Office, Gujarat, India
Keynote: Treatment of malnourished children by Ayurvedic principles w. s .r to Charakokta dashemani
Biography:
Sudhir V Joshi has done Masters in Ayurved from highly esteemed Institute of Post graduate Training and Research- Jamnagar, his speciality being Bhaishajya Kalpana. Presently he is District Ayurved Officer at Vadodara, Gujarat state, India. He had presented research paper in World Ayurved Congress - Ahmedabad in December 2018.
Abstract:
Since centuries malnutrition has been a constant threat to our society. Though several steps have been taken for its elimination we have not been able to remove it in a substantial manner. Ayurved is an age old treatment modality and its efficacy has stood the test of time but its efficacy in treating this condition has not been gauged in a methodic way. Ayurved has a rich arsenal for combating various diseases and allied conditions. It also has variety of treatment protocols. One modality that is very popular and effective even in short time frame is its Vyadhi prayanik chikitsa.Vyadhi pratyanik chikitsa is targeted towards vyadhi-diseased state or condition with potent medicines that can pacify dosh-dushya and vyadhi altogether. The dashemaani drugs described by Acharya Charak are a set of such drugs. Each drug of specific set is cautiously chosen and is highly efficient in resolving the relevant disease/disease entity/disease condition. Specific drugs were selected from the different dashemaani.Children of aanganwadi of Vasvel village, Dist. Vadodara were selected as the subjects of the study. Increase in weight, was taken as benchmark for the study along with monitoring of general wellness as a subjective parameter. Weight gain was observed in all children .Details would be presented and discussed in complete paper
Keynote Forum
Sudhir V Joshi
District Ayurved Office, Gujarat, India
Keynote: Nutrition Brigade, a novel venture for tackling various nutritional challenges
Biography:
Sudhir V Joshi has done Masters in Ayurved from highly esteemed Institute of Post graduate Training and Research- Jamnagar, his speciality being Bhaishajya Kalpana. Presently he is District Ayurved Officer at Vadodara, Gujarat state, India. He had presented research paper in World Ayurved Congress - Ahmedabad in December 2018.
Abstract:
Nutrition Brigade is a unique concept envisaged by District Ayurved Officer Vadodara that functioned with help of Food & Nutrition department and students of MS University. The whole project was designed to develop a sense of responsibility among children about their own nutritional status as well as of their fellow persons. 60 schools of Vadodara district were covered in this project. The whole project was designed in the following way: Round 1: Sensitization of students and assessment of nutritional status of school children of the selected schools. Round 2: General Knowledge, Health and nutrition questionnaire were given to the selected children of Round 1. Round 3: 10students who have topped round 2 from each school were selected. Instant topic for debate and discussion were to be given to them and on that basis 4 students from each school (2 boys and 2 girls from 9th and 11th standard each) will be selected for Nutrition Brigade per school. They would be declared as Nutritional Ambassador and thus to form Nutrition Brigade. Training workshop will be arranged for Nutrition Brigade to prepare them as change agents so that they could lead their school, their neighborhood towards proper nutrition with Holistic Approach.
- Session Introduction
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Session Introduction
Chioma Jovita Nwakamma
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria
Title: Ethnomedical findings on botanicals frequently used for children’s health in South Eastern Nigeria
Biography:
Chioma Jovita Nwakamma is a graduate of Plant Science and Biotechnology from Imo State University Owerri, and a Post-graduate student of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria. Her research interest includes medicinal plants and ethno botany, drug discovery, plant conservation, biotechnology, plant taxonomy and biosystematics. She currently teaches Agriculture and Biological Sciences in one of the high schools in Nigeria.
Abstract:
This research surveys and documents information on medicinal plants and their botanical preparations used in the treatment of children’s ailments in South-eastern Nigeria. Children under the age of 5 in developing countries suffer from diseases with high morbidity and mortality rate yearly due to inaccessible and unaffordable health care. Structured questionnaires were administered to the herbal sellers, traditional medicine practitioners, nursing mothers and adult dwellers to collect data on the names of plants used to treat the conditions, methods of preparation, duration of treatment, adverse effects and the methods of administration of the plant materials. A total of 135 plants belonging to 55 families were identified for the management of children’s health in the area. Common paediatric ailments which were said to be treated with herbal remedies by the respondents included malaria, pneumonia, stomach ache, diarrhoea, dysentery, measles, chicken pox/small pox, convulsion, jaundice, pile, ringworm, scabies, eczema, stubborn cough, scurvy, catarrh, wounds, boils, insect bites, food poison, cholera, and umbilical cord complications. Percentages of respondent were; herbal sellers were (48.2%) traditional medical practitioners (21.6%), nursing mothers (11.1%) and others (19.1%). The most occurring plant families were Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae and Apocynaceae with 8 species of plants each, followed by Annonaceae and Asteriaceae with 7 and 6 species respectively. The recipes were made from the combination of different parts of two or more plants species, and others were made from single plant parts. Methods of extraction were mostly decoction, raw squeezing out of the juice and infusion, while oral administration was the main route of administration.
Do Yu Soung
CJ CheilJedang, Republic of Korea
Title: Black ginseng (CJ EnerG) exhibits a higher survival rate than red ginseng against lethal influenza A virus infection
Biography:
Abstract:
Black ginseng (BG, CJ EnerG), prepared via nine repeated cycles of steaming and drying of fresh ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer), contains more accessible acid polysaccharides and smaller and less polar ginsenosides than red ginseng (RG) processed once. Because RG reportedly exhibits host protection against viral infection, we investigated the antiviral effects of BG. Mice were orally administered either BG or RG (10 mg/kg body weight daily) for two weeks followed by infection with the A (H1N1) pdm09 (A/California/04/2009) virus. Mice were fed either BG or RG for one more week. We also included the negative control without treatment and the positive control given Tamiflu. Infected mice were monitored for 14 days to determine the survival rate. Lung tissues were evaluated using virus titer and histological analyses. Cytokine levels were measured in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Mice treated with BG displayed a 100% survival rate against infection while mice treated with RG had a 50% survival rate. Further, BG induced fewer accumulated inflammatory cells in bronchioles than RG. BG also significantly enhanced the levels of GM-CSF and IL-10 during the early and late stages of infection, respectively compared to RG. Thus, BG (CJ EnerG) may be useful as an alternative antiviral adjuvant to modulate immune responses to Influenza A virus.
Atul Kabra
Raffles University, India
Title: Ameliorative effect of quercetin on sodium azide induced Alzheimer’s disease in rats: possible involvement of PPAR-γ agonistic property
Time : 10:45-11:15
Biography:
Dr. Atul Kabra has completed his PhD at the age of 30 years from I.K.G. Punjab Technical University and currently working as Associate Professor at School of Pharmacy, Raffles University, Alwar, Rajasthan, India. He has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals, 5 Book, 4 Chapters in Book and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute journal.
Abstract:
This study investigates the protective role of Quercetin in Sodium azide induced Alzheimer’s disease. Moreover, the role of PPAR-γ in Quercetin mediated protection has been explored. Donepezil served as the positive control in the study. Rat administered i.p. injection of SAZ. The morris water maze (MWM) test was employed for assessment of learning and memory. Various biochemical estimations, namely brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity, Thiobatbituric acid reactive species (TBARS) activity, nitrite/nitrate activity, reduced glutathione (GSH) levels and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity were also performed. The study showed that i.p. SAZ significantly impaired learning and memory of the animals along with a significant enhancement in brain AChE, MPO, TBARS, nitrite/nitrate levels and reduction in brain GSH levels. Treatments of Quercetin/ Donepezil significantly attenuated SAZ induced behavioral and biochemical changes. Pre- treatment with bisphenol-A-diglycidyl ether (BADGE), a selective PPAR-γ antagnost, significantly abolished the beneficial effect of Quercetin in i.p. SAZ treated animals. The results of this investigation document a potential role of PPAR-γ in the beneficial effects of Quercetin in i.p. SAZ Alzheimer’s disease.
- Plenary Talks
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Session Introduction
Amanda Santa Maria
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Title: Prevalence of integrative/alternative medication use among primary care patients
Biography:
Amanda Santa Maria has completed her MD at the age of 27 years from St. George’s University and is currently completing her final year of Family Medicine Residency at University of Texas Southwestern were she will be graduating with a distinction in both Global Health and Complementary and Alternative Medicine. She is also a registered yoga teacher and reiki practitioner and plans to pursue fellowship in Global Health.
Abstract:
Introduction: Integrative medicine provides a patient-centered approach to improving and enhancing the therapeutic methods of treating primary care problems. Often, many patients are utilizing such alternative methods due to their own cultural beliefs and backgrounds.
Objective: This study is to determine the prevalence of integrative/alternative medicine amongst our primary care patients and whether any associations are present between specific regions or cultures as well as educational level.
Human Subjects Review: IRB approved as an exempt study
Design: Cross Sectional Survey
Setting: Ambulatory primary care practice. Eligibility criteria 18 years and older. Inclusion criteria includes ability to read and write English and Spanish. Exclusion criteria patients under the age of 18 and patients without capacity to consent will be excluded from survey. Numbers of participants: 500
Anticipated Results: Anticipate that patients are utilizing integrative medicine practices and are willing to include these practices in their formal treatment plans in the future. Anticipate that there are associations between engagement in alternative/integrative practices and patient ethnicity/nationality as well as educational level.
Conclusions: This study is in progress. The knowledge gained from the study will be used to educate physicians to support culturally-informed patient care. We will also the information from this study to devise patient education materials and develop integrative therapeutic plans.