Advanced search
Publication Cover
International Journal of General Medicine Volume 13, 2020 - Issue
Submit an article Journal homepage
425
Views
4
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Research

Role of AYUSH Therapies in Modern Medicine: A Qualitative Study to Explore the Awareness and Attitudes of Doctors Towards the Utilization of Alternate System of Medicine for Diabetes Mellitus

Ashutosh Ojha1 Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2080-4957View further author information
ORCID Icon,
Utkarsh Ojha2 Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
View further author information
,
Harsh Ojha3 Department of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Warwick, UKView further author information
,
Abhinaya Chandrashekar2 Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8990-6420View further author information
ORCID Icon,
Raihan Mohammed4 Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0824-5243View further author information
ORCID Icon,
Rudra Trivedi1 Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, IndiaView further author information
,
Sharvari Ugaonkar1 Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, IndiaView further author information
,
Manan Desai1 Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, IndiaView further author information
,
Ramesh Sreevidya1 Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, IndiaView further author information
&
Pratiksha Sahu1 Shobhaben Pratapbhai Patel School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9530-4343View further author information
ORCID Icon show all
Pages 1-8 | Published online: 13 Jan 2020

References

  • Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Latha E, Vijay V, Viswanathan M. Rising prevalence of NIDDM in an urban population in India. Diabetologia. 1997;40(2):232–237. doi:10.1007/s0012500506689049486
  • Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH). Ministry of health and family welfare government of India. Available from: http://www.indianmedicine.nic.in/. Accessed 1230, 2019.
  • Ahmad F, Khalid P, Khan MM, Rastogi AK, Kidwai JR. Insulin like activity in (−) epicatechin. Acta Diabetol Lat. 1989;26(4):291–300. doi:10.1007/BF026246402698039
  • Prasad R. Homoeopathy booming in India. Lancet. 2007;370(9600):1679–1680. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61709-718035598
  • Singhal S, Roy V. Awareness, practice and views about integrating AYUSH in allopathic curriculum of allopathic doctors and interns in a tertiary care teaching hospital in New Delhi, India. J Integr Med. 2018;16(2):113–119. doi:10.1016/j.joim.2018.02.00129526234
  • Ahmad A, Khan MU, Kumar BD, Kumar GS, Rodriguez SP, Patel I. Beliefs, attitudes and self-use of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy medicines among senior pharmacy students: an exploratory insight from Andhra Pradesh, India. Pharmacognosy Res. 2015;7(4):302–308. doi:10.4103/0974-8490.158438
  • Ojha A, Trivedi R, Ugaonkar S, Desai M, Ramesh S, Sahu P. Awareness and attitude of patients towards AYUSH therapies for diabetes SVKM’S NMIMS. Int J Inf Res Rev. 2019;6(3):6180–6184.
  • Ahmad F, Khalid P, Khan MM, Chaubey M, Rastogi AK, Kidwai JR. Hypoglycemic activity of Pterocarpus marsupium wood. J Ethnopharmacol. 1991;35(1):71–75. doi:10.1016/0378-8741(91)90134-Y1753796
  • Khan AKA, Akhtar S, Mahtab H. Coccinia indica in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus. Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull. 1979;5(2):60–66.399436
  • Ahmed I, Adeghate E, Sharma AK, Pallot DJ, Singh J. Effects of Momordica charantia fruit juice on islet morphology in the pancreas of the streptozotocin-diabetic rat. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 1998;40(3):145–151. doi:10.1016/S0168-8227(98)00022-99716917
  • Ajabnoor MA, Tilmisany AK. Effect of Trigonella foenum graceum on blood glucose levels in normal and alloxan-diabetic mice. J Ethnopharmacol. 1988;22(1):45–49. doi:10.1016/0378-8741(88)90229-23352284
  • Bever BO. Oral hypoglycaemic plants in West Africa. J Ethnopharmacol. 1980;2(2):119–127. doi:10.1016/0378-8741(80)90005-77005546
  • World Health Organisation. WHO definition of health. Available from: http://www.who.int/about/definition/en/. Accessed 1230, 2019.
  • Mukherjee S, Sharmasarkar B, Das KK, Bhattacharyya A, Deb A. Compliance to anti-diabetic drugs: observations from the diabetic clinic of a medical college in kolkata, India. J Clin Diagn Res. 2013;7(4):661–665. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2013/5352.287623730641
  • Kumar KMP, Chawla M, Sanghvi A, et al. Adherence, satisfaction, and experience with metformin 500 mg prolonged release formulation in Indian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a postmarketing observational study. Int J Gen Med. 2019;12:147–159. doi:10.2147/IJGM.S17962231040711

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.