Pharmaceutical standardization of Swarna Makshika Bhasma (Processed Copper Pyrite): A traditional medicine of Indian subcontinent

Ayurveda is a science of life. It is a system of traditional medicine native to Indian subcontinent but now days its knowledge is accepted worldwide. In Ayurveda prevention of all types of diseases is known as a prominent part of treatment which includes restructuring human lifestyle aligns with the course of nature. Kriyakala means the time of treatment or interception in the process of disease manifestation. These six stages mentioned by Acharya Sushruta gives an idea regarding the state of the disease in the body and it guides us when to intervene or where to inter intervene. Early diagnosis of diseases helps to cure the diseases successfully without much discomfort in planning treatment. The concept is traced in ancient Ayurvedic books. This is an objective approach of ancient scientists helping for the clinical practice. Apart from that the Kriyakala give us the knowledge of diagnosis, prognosis and the level of intervention and so that to prevent the establishment of a disease.

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Scientific Life of Hakim Mohammed Azam Khan Rampuri Chashti; Custodian of Indo-Iranian Medicine During the 19th Century Changes of Indian Subcontinent

Traditional and Integrative Medicine ◽

10.18502/tim.v6i3.7315 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Hoorieh Afsharipur ◽

Somayyeh Pakbaz ◽

Mahdi Shahriari ◽

Seyyed Alireza Golshani ◽

Alireza Salehi

Keyword(s):

Traditional Medicine ◽

19Th Century ◽

Medical Literature ◽

Indian Subcontinent ◽

Scientific Language ◽

North East ◽

Persian Language ◽

East Of Iran ◽

The 19Th Century ◽

Scientific Life

Indo-Iranian medicine dates back to a couple of centuries ago. The Gurkanies’ movement from Iran and Transoxiana to India introduced the Persian language to India, and the scientific language changed from Arabic and Sanskrit to this language. Iranian medicine has had a remarkable influence on the Indian Subcontinent, a sign of which is the elevated medical literature written in this language. Hakim Mohammad Azam Khan was born in 1813 AD. His ancestors were great sages of Khorasan (in north east of Iran) and then migrated to Afghanistan and India. Since he lived in the late 19th AD century, he had access to many Iranian traditional books. He provided rich sources of traditional medicine for the next generation by publishing traditional medicine books and traditional pharmacology. He wrote great books such as the Exir Azam (a comprehensive medical encyclopedia), Romouz Azam (a general book on medicine), Qarabadin Azam (Pharmacopeia). With his profound 19th century orientalist approach that emphasized safeguarding the Persian language, he created numerous works in the field of medicine, making him the most serious custodian of Indo-Iranian medicine in India. The present study reviews the scientific life of a contemporary famous author of Indo-Iranian medical literature written in Persian Language.

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Immigrants' Use Of Traditional Medicine Studied

Skin & Allergy News ◽

10.1016/s0037-6337(06)71058-0 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 51

Author(s):

Robert Finn

Keyword(s):

Traditional Medicine

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Sati

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910.26.2.73 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 73-77 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Dinesh Bhugra

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Indian Subcontinent ◽

Cultural Factors ◽

Role Expectations ◽

Prevention Strategies ◽

Social Causation ◽

Gender Role Expectations ◽

Good Wife ◽

And Gender

Abstract. Sati as an act of ritual suicide has been reported from the Indian subcontinent, especially among the Hindus, for several centuries. Although legally proscribed, these acts occur even now in modern India. The principle behind such acts has been put forward as the principle of good wife. There is little evidence to suggest that women who commit this act suffer from a formal mental illness. Cultural factors and gender role expectations play a significant role in the act and its consequences. Using recent examples, this paper illustrates the cultural factors, which may be seen as contributing to the act of suicide. Other factors embedded in the act also emphasize that not all suicides have underlying psychiatric disorders and clinicians must take social causation into account while preparing any prevention strategies.

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Suicide on the Indian Subcontinent

Crisis ◽

10.1027//0227-5910.23.3.104 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 104-107 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Murad M. Khan

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Mental Health Professionals ◽

Indian Subcontinent ◽

Interpersonal Relationship ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Elderly Subjects ◽

Important Public Health Problem ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Formidable Challenge ◽

Causative Factors

Summary: The Indian subcontinent comprises eight countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan, and the Maldives) and a collective population of more than 1.3 billion people. 10% of the world's suicides (more than 100,000 people) take place in just three of these countries, viz. India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. There is very little information on suicides from the other four countries. Some differences from suicides in Western countries include the high use of organophosphate insecticides, larger numbers of married women, fewer elderly subjects, and interpersonal relationship problems and life events as important causative factors. There is need for more and better information regarding suicide in the countries of the Indian subcontinent. In particular, studies must address culture-specific risk factors associated with suicide in these countries. The prevention of this important public health problem in an area of the world with myriad socio-economic problems, meager resources, and stigmatization of mental illness poses a formidable challenge to mental health professionals, policy makers, and governments of these countries.

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