INTIMATION FOR BODHIKA SEMINAR - 29/06/2022
DEPARTMENTS OF SAMHITA SAMSKRITA & SIDDHANTA
NAME OF GUIDE: Dr BRAVIN CAMLY R
NAME OF CO-GUIDE; Dr SOWMYA K S
TIME: 2:00-4:00 PM
VENUE: HYBRID / MICROSOFT TEAMS
ABSTRACT
Desa refers to the natural
inhabitancy of an individual. It plays a major role in the manifestation and
prognosis of diseases. Anoopa desa is considered as the worst desa for living
with prevalence of many diseases like sleepada, galaganda, apachi, jwara,
amlapitta etc. Amlapitta is a pathophysiological condition in which the pitta
gets vitiated in terms of vridhi and amlatha. The cardinal signs and symptoms
of the disease explained in classics are avipaka, aruchi, tiktamlodgara,
hriddaha, kandadaha, gourava, utklesha and klama. Acharya Kasyapa has
specifically mentioned prevalence of amlapitta in anoopa desa.
Geographical features of Thakazhy
grama panchayat like many lakes and rivers, heavy rainfall, marshy area, scanty
breeze etc., closely relates with the characteristics of anoopa desa depicted
in Ayurveda classics. Hence the primary objective of the study was to find out
the prevalence of amlapitta in Thakazhy grama panchayat.
Study was done in three steps. In the
first step a thorough literary review on amlapitta, acid peptic diseases and
desa were done. In the second step a semi structured questionnaire was
prepared. Face validation, content validation and pilot study was also done. In
the third step with the help of this questionnaire a house to house survey was carried
out among 503 people of Thakazhy grama panchayat using two stage cluster
sampling technique. Data thus obtained was subjected to frequency and
percentage analysis along with chi-square goodness of fit test.
From the study it was observed that prevalence rate of amlapitta in Thakazhy grama panchayat was 26.4% with majority of the subjects coming under the age group of 41-60 years. No association was observed between the prevalence of amlapitta and gender of the individual. A diet and lifestyle modification chart was also prepared for the residents of Thakazhy grama panchayat to fulfil the secondary objective.