A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF SHUDDA KASISA AND AMALAKI CHURNA ON PANDU ROGA VIS A VIS IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA
Journal Title: Journal of Biological and Scientific Opinion - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
The cardinal feature of Pandu Roga is Pandutha i.e. deranged color of the skin and which is markedly observed in mucous membrane of conjunctiva, buccal cavity etc. According to Charaka samitha pandu roga is Rasapradoshja vikara and according to Sushruta samitha pandu roga is Raktapradoshja vikara. Pandu Roga can be compared to iron deficiency anemia. This becomes a major problem in the developing countries like India due to the majority of people living in the below poverty line, unhygienic food habits, nutritional deficiency and illiteracy. Iron deficiency Anemia is the most prevalent type of anemia which attributes to 50 % of total population suffering from anemia and also is the cause for 841,000 deaths annually. WHO has estimated that around 2 billion people across the world is suffering from anemia. According to W.H.O anemia as a condition in which Hemoglobin content of the blood is lower than the normal as a result of a deficiency of one or more essential nutrients regardless of the cause of such deficiency. It may impair cellular responses and immune functions and increase susceptibility to infection. In the starting stage people are not bothered about the disease, but after some time due to the long lasting of disease cause metabolic defect and further leads to emaciation and wasting of the body. Many programmes are conducted by various organization and many medicines are also available for treating anemia, in spite of all this anemia still remains as a burning nutritional problem.
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Hari C Krishna , Gajanana Hedge
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