Moxibustion: A Complementary Therapy among Bot Tribe Inhabiting Padder Valley of Western Himalaya, India

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nawang Tashi ◽  
Sajan Thakur ◽  
Jagmeet Kour ◽  
Harish Chander Dutt
Keyword(s):  
Western Himalaya ◽  
Complementary Therapy

Western Himalaya and Tibet

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Western Himalaya

Focus on Thermokarst Lakes in Indian Himalaya: Inception and Implication under Warming Climate

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-69
Author(s):  
Pratima Pandey ◽  
S. Nawaz Ali ◽  
Vikram Sharma ◽  
Prashant K. Champati Ray
Keyword(s):  
Western Himalaya ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Thermokarst Lakes ◽  
Glacial Environments ◽  
Global Warming Scenario ◽  
Scientific Attention ◽  
Topographic Depressions ◽  
Permafrost Thawing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Thaw Lakes

Thermokarst (Thaw) lakes are landforms found in topographic depressions created by thawing ground ice in permafrost zones. They play an important role in the regulation of climatic functions. These lakes are a manifestation of warming surface temperatures that accelerates the ice-rich permafrost to degrade by creating marshy hollows/ponds. In the current global warming scenario, the thermokarst lakes in the high mountain regions (Himalaya) are expected to grow further. This accelerate permafrost thawing which will affect the carbon cycle, hydrology and local ecosystems. This phenomenon has attracted huge scientific attention because it has led to a rapid mass change of glaciers in the region, including extensive changes occurring on peri-glacial environments. The most striking fact is the release of an enormous amount of greenhouse gases, including methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide that is locked in these lakes. The present study delves into the thermokarst lakes in the upper reaches of Chandra Valley and Western Himalaya. The study also aims at designating the impact of their changes on the ecosystem, particularly their influence on the atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.

Evaluation of religious/spiritual complementary therapy in mental health

2015 ◽  
Vol Ano 5 ◽  
pp. 21-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliane Piasseschi de Bernardin Gonçalves ◽  
Giancarlo Lucchetti ◽  
Frederico C. Leão ◽  
Paulo R. Menezes ◽  
Homero Vallada
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Complementary Therapy

Diversos estudos têm sido publicados sobre a influência das crenças e práticas espirituais e religiosas na saúde mental. Diante de tais evidências, foram propostas estratégias com o objetivo de estimular a dimensão espiritual de pacientes, focando-se principalmente no enfrentamento de diferentes doenças. Porém, ainda são poucos os estudos que avaliam os possíveis efeitos e mecanismos de ação dessas intervenções espirituais/religiosas (IERs) através de ensaios clínicos randomizados. De acordo com a literatura científica, as IERs têm obtido resultados similares ou superiores a outras abordagens complementares em saúde, incluindo redução de sintomas de ansiedade e estresse, diminuição na intensidade do consumo de drogas, menor exaustão emocional em profissionais da saúde e uma tendência a menor sintomatologia depressiva. Como essas intervenções são heterogêneas, há uma discussão acerca da adequação dos conteúdos das IERs, na tentativa de uniformizar o treinamento dos profissionais de saúde e o material ofertado aos pacientes. Notase, também, a necessidade de um cuidado no desenho metodológico desse tipo de intervenção, com a realização de estudos com metodologias mais robustas. A busca e avaliação dessas novas intervenções poderão auxiliar no desenvolvimento de estratégias mais integrativas, facilitando o tratamento complementar em saúde mental.

TERAPI MUSIK DAN TINGKAT KECEMASAN PASIEN PREOPERASI

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Wenny Savitri ◽  
Nani Fidayanti ◽  
Paulus Subiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Complementary Therapy ◽  
T Test ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Preoperative Anxiety ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Music Intervention ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Anxiety Levels

Background: Surgery is one of medical interventions which can cause fear, anxiety, and stressed because of its effects toward the integrity of body and soul. Nurses have significant roles in any preoperative care which is helping patients to decrease preoperative anxiety by using complementary therapy. The use of music therapy as one of the complementary therapies is not common in Indonesia. Therefore, scientific studies to prove the role of this therapy to decrease the level of anxiety of pre-operative patients is needed. Objective: To investigate the effects of music therapy in reducing anxiety levels of preoperative patients. Methods: A quasy experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with control group was applied to 50 respondents from medical ward in Panembahan Senopati Hospital of Yogyakarta who met the inclusion criteria.Dara were then analyzed by using t-test statistical analysis. Results: The control group showed the increased value of anxiety level of0.8 without music intervention (t= - 1503, df = 24, p<.05), whereas the intervention group showed the decreased value of anxiety level of -5.52 (t=5.081, df=24, p<.05). Meanwhile the independent t-test results for both groups showed a significant difference between group (t= 3,373, df=48, p<.05). Conclusion: Music therapy has significant effect in reducing preoperative anxiety levels of patients. Keywords: anxiety, preoperative, music therapy

Diversity, Endemism and Indigenous Uses of Wild Edible Plants of Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Monika Bodh ◽  
S.S. Samant ◽  
L.M. Tewari ◽  
Vijay Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Western Himalaya ◽  
Himachal Pradesh ◽  
Wild Edible Plants ◽  
Edible Plants ◽  
Wildlife Sanctuary ◽  
Indigenous Uses ◽  
North Western

Impact of anthropogenic activity on habitat of Zebra fish (Danio devario) in River Nimmi of Western Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1&2) ◽  
pp. 197-205
Author(s):  
Bipin Kumar Sati ◽  
◽  
Ashish Thapliyal ◽  
Madhu Thapliyal ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Himalaya ◽  
Anthropogenic Activity ◽  
Zebra Fish

Pharmacognostical Evaluation and HPTLC Fingerprinting Identification of Ficus palmata Forssk. (Bedu) from Western Himalaya

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devesh Tewari ◽  
Archana N. Sah ◽  
Sweta Bawari ◽  
Himanshu Sharma ◽  
Anupam K. Mangal
Keyword(s):  
Western Himalaya ◽  
Ficus Palmata

Ethanolic Extract of Algerian Propolis and Galangin Decreased Murine Melanoma Tumor Progression in Mice

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1172-1183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lamia Benguedouar ◽  
Mesbah Lahouel ◽  
Sophie C. Gangloff ◽  
Anne Durlach ◽  
Florent Grange ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tumour Growth ◽  
Tumour Progression ◽  
Ethanolic Extract ◽  
Complementary Therapy ◽  
Melanoma Cells ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Therapeutic Treatment ◽  
Melanoma Tumor ◽  
Ki 67

Melanoma is the more dangerous skin cancer, and metastatic melanoma still carries poor prognosis. Despite recent therapeutic advances, prolonged survival remains rare and research is still required. Propolis extracts from many countries have attracted a great deal of attention for their biological properties. We here investigated the ability of an ethanolic extract of Algerian propolis (EEP) to control melanoma tumour growth when given to mice bearing B16F1melanoma tumour either as preventive or as therapeutic treatment. EEP given after tumour occurrence increased mice survival (+30%) and reduced tumour growth (-75%). This was associated with a decrease of the Mitotic Index (-75%) and of Ki-67 (-50%) expression. When given either before or both before and after tumour occurrence, EEP reduced tumour growth but without prolonging mice life. Isolation of B16F1 melanoma cells from resected tumour showed that preventive and curative EEP treatments reduced invasiveness by 55% and 40% respectively compared to control. Galangin, one of the most abundant flavonoids in propolis, significantly reduced the number of melanoma cells in vitro and induced autophagy/apoptosis dose dependently. In conclusion, we showed that EEP reduced melanoma tumour progression/dissemination and could extend mice lifespan when used as therapeutic treatment. Then, EEP may help patients with melanoma when used as a complementary therapy to classical treatment for which autophagy is not contraindicated.

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