Introduction: Siddha Medicine is a system of traditional medicine originating in ancient Tamil Nadu in South India and Sri Lanka. Traditionally, it is taught that the siddhars laid the foundation for this system of medicine. Siddha system has a unique diagnostic method to identif...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v9i330141
Introduction: Siddha Medicine is a system of Traditional Medicine originating in ancient Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu in South India. Traditionally, it is taught the siddhars laid the foundation for this system of Medication. Agastyar is considered the first Siddhar and the guru of a...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v9i230140
Objective: The health hazards of tobacco smoking and diabetes mellitus constitute major and diverse global burden. The influence of Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) powder and ethanolic extract on excised wound of diabetic rats was investigated. Methods: The wounds of diabetic adult m...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v9i230139
Introduction: Work place violence in health-care facilities are on the rise and are routinely underreported. Objective: This study investigated the prevalence of workplace violence among primary health-care workers in Enugu metropolis. Materials and Methods: The participants were...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v9i230138
Aim: This study investigated the ability of some herbal formulations to ameliorate extra-articular effects of some herbal formulations used in the management of rheumatoid arthritis in Nigeria. Methodology: Forty-nine (49) female albino Wistar rats were used for this study. They...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v9i230137
Herbal medicines are the main source of treatment of diseases in non-urban centres of the developing world. Secondary metabolites obtained from herbal sources contain bioactive phytochemicals, many of which have been the origin for the development of novel pharmaceutical drugs. H...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v9i230136
Madhyama Rasnadi decoction, one of the poly-herbal decoctions used in Ayurveda medicine is especially indicated for inflammatory conditions. The literature provides three different preparation methods of this decoction viz; Sri Lankan Traditional method (Method 1) and methods des...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v9i130133
Introduction: Clerodendrum myricoides and Salvadora persica have been reported in management of leishmaniasis which is one of the neglected tropical diseases. The study aimed at undertaking phytochemical analysis as well as investigating the in vitro antileishmanial activity of C...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v9i130134
Hypoestes rosea has been used as a traditional medicine in the Niger delta for dysfunction of the endocrine system. However, there has been no known study on the effects of hypoestes rosea on oxidative stress. In this study we evaluated the effect of aqueous extract of Hypoestes...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v9i130135
Introduction: Hijama (wet cupping therapy) is a form of traditional alternative medicine that has been in practice for thousands of years and was adopted by many different cultures. Hijama practice in the Arabic medical literature has been reported to treat many diseases differin...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2020/v9i130132