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The poems in this anthology are categorized in two sections Section
I: Investigative Poetry and Section II: Other Poems. Section I
includes the poems of investigative poetry genre. This genre is
comparatively new and has been started by Charles Olson and Edward
Sanders. The genre has high potentiality to wake people to
historical truth. History has always been a subject distorted by
the government authorities and people in power. Common people tend
to know or believe what they are made familiar with. Investigative
poetry throws new light on the widely known facts which may not be
true. An introduction to this genre has been provided in Foreword
in details. A good number of poems have appeared in various
journals and anthologies. However, some of the pieces appear here
uniquely.
The present studies were carried out to observe the effects of
mother tinctures of two homeopathic medicines, that is Momoradica
charantia and Syzygeum jambolanum. Twenty patients of type 2 (18
males and 2 females) with mean age of 40 years were included in the
clinic trials of M. charantia. And twenty patients of types-2 (17
males and 3 females) with mean age of 40 years were included in the
clinic trials of S. jambolanum. The blood samples were collected at
zero day before the start of trial and after 7, 14, and 21 days of
medication. Blood sugar levels were monitored as a function of
anti-diabetic effects of these drugs. The results reveal that
Momoradica charantia (Karela) no antidiabetic effect and it is the
Syzygeum jambolanum (Jamen) which has strong effect where in blood
sugar level decreases from 175 3 (mean sem) mg/dl at zero day to
112 mg/dl at 21 day.
Local people of Cholistan desert of Bahawalpur (Pakistan) have
always used medicinal plants for their common health problems by
traditional method. Indigenous knowledge of local people about
medicinal plant is directly linked to their culture and history.
The present study was designed for the Ethnobotanical evaluation of
Cholistan desert, which is one of the resource based area of
medicinal plants. Indigenous knowledge of local people about the
medicinal uses of plants is the source of ideas for new research in
drug development and for wider use and economic benefit. There are
large number of unexploited plant species in the area which could
prove useful. The local people of this desert have good knowledge
of the utilization of medicinal plants and this knowledge is going
to be lost because of the interference of modern cultural changes.
The observations emerged from the present study to be substantiated
with pharmaco-chemical studies in the order to evaluate their
effectiveness.
Cholistan desert is a wild land of its own kind with scarcity of
endemic flora, counting only 128 species belonging to 34 families.
Homeopathy is a system of therapeutics and 80% homeopathic
medicines are based upon plants origin in the form of mother
tinctures. Present study was designed to explore homeopathic way of
treatment of various diseases by using the mother tincture. A
double blind clinical study of mother tinctures and
carbo-vegetabilis was performed based on the ethno-botanical
information collected from the local people of Cholistan desert.
The mother tincture of 19 medicinal plants and carbo-vegetabilis of
4 medicinal plants of Cholistan desert were clinically evaluated
against various diseases. The results showed that out of 19
medicinal plants the mother tinctures of 8 plant species was very
effective to control various diseases by giving 75-100 % curing
percentage. The results of present study concluded that the
homeo-mother tinctures of various medicinal plants from Cholistan
desert should be trialed and this cheap and safe way of medication
should be promoted in the area to control various diseases.
Antipyretic activity of ethanol extracts of Echinops echinatus,
Alhagi maurorum, Fagonia cretica, Cymbopogon jwarancusa and Panicum
turgidum form Cholistan desert, Pakistan was determined. Plant
extracts were prepared by soaking air dried and milled plant
material in ethanol for one week, followed by filtration and
evaporation at 35oC. Treatment does with concentrations of 250, 500
and 750 mg/kg of plant extracts were prepared. Fever was produced
in rabbits, weighting 1000-1200 grams by injecting Escherichia coli
suspension at a concentration of 0.01 ml/kg of body weight. The
ethanol extracts of Fagonia cretica, at the dose of 500 mg/kg and
Pancium turgidum, at the dose of 500 and 750 mg/kg showed
significant antipyretic activity as compared to positive and
negative control. The extracts of Cymbopogon jwarancusa, Alhagi
maurorum and Echinops chinatus showed antipyretic activity but less
than positive control. These results showed that ethanol extracts
of Fagonia cretica and Panicum turgidum are more effective in
lowering temperature as compared to Echinops echinatus, Alhagi
maurorum and Cymbopogon jwarancusa.
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