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A combination Siddha drug reduces anemia among adolescent girls in Virudhunagar District of Tamil Nadu, India

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Title A combination Siddha drug reduces anemia among adolescent girls in Virudhunagar District of Tamil Nadu, India
 
Creator Logamanian, Mockkaya
Mutheeswaran, Subramanian
Meena, Murugan Shanmugam
Pandikumar, Perumal
Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu
Saravana, Logamanian Janani
Hazel, Amaladason Mary Alphonsal Amala
Meenakumari, Ramasamy
 
Subject Pandu
Phyllanthus emblica
Punica granatum
Traditional medicine
Veluppunoi
 
Description 560-568
The prevalence of anemia in India is worrisome; the Government is aiming to reduce the prevalence of anemia among
women at adolescent and child bearing age. A Public Health Initiative was undertaken to mainstream the use of Siddha
drugs to combat anemia among the adolescent girls of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India. With the assistance from
the Siddha physicians in Primary Health Centers and Government hospitals, adolescent girls with anemia were identified.
After obtaining informed consent, the girls with anemia received a Siddha treatment regimen (Aṉṉapēti centūram, Bāvaṉa
kaṭukkāy, Mātuḷai maṇappāku and Nellikkāy lēkiyam; ABMN) for 45 days. Deworming was done with Cuṇṭaivaṟṟal
cūraṇam before the start of the treatment. The clinical and biochemical features were studied before and after ABMN
treatment. Through this program, 14,179 adolescent girls were screened for anemia and 3,783 girls were found anemic; out
of them 2,300 (86.85%) girls completed the 45 days program. Marked reduction of various clinical features of anemia was
found with ABMN treatment. ABMN treatment improved the hemoglobin content by 24.30% (N=155), 15.96% (N=1440)
and 4.29% (p=0.0005; N=705) in severe, moderate and mild anemic girls, respectively. Long term, multicentric
investigations are needed to conclude the efficacy and safety of ABMN for treating iron deficiency anemia.
 
Date 2024-06-26T09:05:30Z
2024-06-26T09:05:30Z
2024-06
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64086
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijtk.v23i6.11826
 
Language en
 
Relation Int Cl.24: A61K 36/00
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJTK Vol.23(6) [June 2024]