INTIMATION FOR BODHIKA SEMINAR - 20/09/2022

DEPARTMENT OF SAMHITA SAMSKRITA AND SIDDHANTA

GOVT. AYURVEDA COLLEGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

NAME  OF  FIRST PRESENTEE: Dr Anjitha V S

THESIS TITLE:

PREVALENCE OF IMPROPER PRACTICE OF

 AHARAVIDHIVIDHANAM IN MIGRAINE PATIENTS

NAME OF GUIDE: Dr Resmi B.MD (Ay)

NAME OF CO-GUIDE: Dr Sonia Raj S. MD (Ay)

DATE:20/09/2022

TIME: 2:00-4:00 PM

VENUE: OFFLINE AT COLLEGE AUDITORIUM

ABSTRACT

Ahara, the most essential requirement of all living beings is looked upon by Ayurveda with great relevance in the causation as well as treatment of diseases. Aharavidhividhanam are the do’s and don’ts regarding diet intake as food should be taken warm, unctuous, in due measure etc. In the present era, least importance is given to dietary rules which leads to impairment of digestive functions. Proper maintenance of digestive process depends upon ahara and method of its intake.

              Migraine is a complex, multifaceted disabling primary headache disorder often characterised by neurological, autonomic and gastrointestinal symptoms. Clinical manifestations of migraine are influenced by dietary behaviours and dietary elements. There is significant associations between Irritable Bowel syndrome, Celiac disease, GERD and Migraine. The study aims to find out the prevalence of  improper practice of aharavidhividhanam in migraine patients.

           180 cases diagnosed with migraine were selected from the OPD of Government Ayurveda college Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. Then the prevalence of improper practice of dietetic methods was observed in migraine cases through consecutive sampling by using a validated questionnaire. Thus the observed data was statistically analysed for frequency and percentages and tested using chi-square goodness of fit test. The improper practice of aharavidhividhanam was found prevalent among migraine patients with higher prevalence to jeerne asniyat (58.88%), snigdham asniyat (58.88%), matravat asniyat (58%) and ushnam asniyat (54.44%).

NAME  OF  FIRST PRESENTEE: Dr Vishnu Priya S

THESIS TITLE: 

CRITICAL STUDY OF THE TEXT 

CIKITSAKACINTĀMAṆI (VAIDYASAṂGRAHAṂ)

NAME OF GUIDE: Dr. Braivin Camly R MD (Ay)

NAME OF CO-GUIDE: Dr Sonia Raj S. MD (Ay)

DATE:20/09/2022

TIME: 2:00-4:00 PM

VENUE: OFFLINE AT COLLEGE AUDITORIUM

ABSTRACT

Cikitsakacintāmaṇi (Vaidyasaṃgrahaṃ) written by Paṇṭāraṭṭu Nārāyaṇa Pịlḷa Āśān is a valuable text book of Āyurvēda which belongs to regional literature of Kerala. The book was published in 1129 (1954) by Kollūr vīṭṭil Vēlāyudhakkuruppu (SNS Āyurvēda cikitsālayam, Attingal) which was printed at Srīrāma vilāsam press & book depot Kollam. Being a least explored text, analysis and critical study of the content of the text will add more information’s to the existing knowledge domains of Ayurveda both in clinical and fundamental aspects.

For this Cikitsakacintāmaṇi (Vaidyasaṃgrahaṃ) was read thoroughly and the data were analysed and interpreted with the following domains like historical, cultural and linguistic aspects, content wise analysis, comparison of the text with Cikitsāmañjari, drug review, special formulations and procedures and salient features of the text. Based on these data relevant conclusions were made.

The text is crafted in maṇipravāḷaṃ style using Malayalam language and is enriched with different types of grammatical styles like vṛtta, prāsa etc. The vṛtta used in the text is Anuṣṭup and the prāsa used are ādyākṣara prāsa, dwitīyākṣara prāsa and antyākṣara prāsa. A total of 443 drugs and 300 special formulations and procedures were identified from the text.Critical analysis of the text revealed the fact that Cikitsakacintāmaṇi (Vaidyasaṃgrahaṃ) has enormous salient features like explanation of dūta, śakunās, tithi, nakṣatra, rare diseases, single drug remedies, rare drug usage and description of karmavipākaṃ and daivika pratividhi for diseases etc. These salient features make the text unique and thus the text can be used as a hand book for easy references.