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| Ayurveda: |
| Ayurveda is the oldest surviving complete medical system in the world. Derived from its ancient Sanskrit roots - ‘ayus' (life) and ‘ved' (knowledge) – and offering a rich, comprehensive outlook to a healthy life, its origins go back nearly 5000 years. It was expounded and practiced by the same spiritual rishis, who laid the foundations of the Vedic civilisation in India, by organising the fundamentals of life into proper systems. Ayurveda offers a unique blend of science and philosophy that balances the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual components necessary for holistic health. |
| General Observations about the treatment: |
It was observed that after about 1 year of this treatment the patients stopped having blood transfusion as their haemoglobin level was rising. The crisis of the patients has also reduced during the first year of the treatment drastically. The patients reported to be fully cured from the basic problems cause by SCD such as join pain, fever and weakness.
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| Chapter 2: Methodology |
| 2.1 Objectives of study: |
- To verify if the Ayurvedic medicines composed of plant extracts cure Sickle-Cell Disease.
- To investigate the extent to which the Ayurvedic medicines cure SCD.
- To find out the rate at which they cure SCD.
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| 2.2 HYPOTHESIS |
HYPOTHESIS 1: The Ayurvedic medicines to a large extent help cure SCD.
HYPOTHESIS 2: All the symptoms which are directly related to abnormality in shape of RBCs will be cured.
HYPOTHESIS 3: The medicines will show evident effects on the shape of RBCs in a year. |
| Survey: |
20 patients who have been undergoing treatment since 1 year at the clinic were surveyed about the prognosis of their health problems. The following were the results:
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| Questionnaire: |
Q. 1 How long have you been undergoing ayurvedic treatment of Dr. Nandeshwar?
Less than a year
1 year
More than a year
Q2. Which of the following symptoms did you have before undergoing the treatment?
Anaemia
Pain/crisis
Hand-foot syndrome
Jaundice
Q3. How effectively have your symptoms (specified) subsidised?
Completely
Somewhat
Almost completely
Not at all
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| Final Experiment: |
| To verify why the symptoms subsided in SCD cases, an experiment was conducted. In the experiment I planned to use the blood samples of 10 different patients, which were collected by Doctor Ashay Nandeshwar collected of 10 patients at a regular interval of 2 months. |
2.3 Variables:
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Materials: |
- Slides
- Droppers
- Leishman stain
- Distilled water
- Syringe with needles
- Cotton
- Spirit
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