Blood and Liver Disorders (Ayurvedic and Modern Concept)

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Item Code:	NAE142
Author:	Dr. V. B Athavale& Dr. Kamlesh V. Athavale
Publisher:	Sanatan Bharatiya Sanskriti Sanstha
Edition:	2002
ISBN:	8180490165
Pages:	174 (10 Throughout Color Illustrations)
Cover:	Paperback
Other Details	8.5 inch X 5.5 inch
Weight	200 gm

Book Description

About the Author

Dr. Vasant Balaji Athavale, M.D. (Paediatrics), D.C.H., F.A.M.S., Vaidyacharya is a renowned paediatrician and an eminent author. He stood first in D.C.H. and in M.D. (Paediatrics). He was the founder of the Paediatric Department of the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Hospital, Sion established in 1959 and was Head of the Department and Professor of Paediatrics of 30 years form 1959-1990. He was the editor of the Paediatric Clinics of India from 1971 to 1990.he was offered Unicef fellowship in 1965 for his paper read at the ‘International Paediatric Conference’ held in Tokyo. He was the chairman of the worship on ‘Herbal Medicines for Health’ held in Bangkok in 1981.

Dr. Athavale holds the highest degree in Ayurveda, ‘Vaidyacharya’. He has written several books on Ayurveda and has practically updated the entire Ayurveda through his books. These books in English and Marathi are written in a lucid language and shall therefore be useful to Ayurvedic physicians as well as the common man. He was awarded the international award for the ‘Best author of Ayurvedic books’ in 1996. He was honored with a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by the Rashtriya Shikshan Mandal at the international seminar on Ayurveda in 2001.

Dr. Athavale has also written several books for parents which serve as an excellent guide for bringing up children.

Dr. Athavale accords the credit of all his achievements to his parents and teachers.

The second author of this book, Dr. Kamlesh Athavale is the son of Dr. V.B. Athavale. He passed his M.D. (Paediatrics), D.N.B.E. and M.N.A.M.S. with a brilliant academic record. He is a dedicated paediatrician and has completed his fellowship in Neonatology from U.S.A.

He has made significant contributions in writing these books.

Preface

According to Ayurveda the liver and the spleen are derived from blood in the foetal life. According to modern medicine, blood is formed by the liver and spleen in early foetal life. This illustrates the close association between blood and the liver since foetal life. Ayurveda refers to only the cells in the blood as blood the plasma the fluid in the blood is included in body fluids.

Ayurveda refers to blood as five thousand years ago, Ayurved mentions that oxygen is carried by blood cells in anaemia when the haemoglobin content in the blood decreases the functions of all the body cells are affected as they do not get adequate oxygen. In India 70% pregnant women and children and 40% adult males duffer from anaemia. This affects their working output and body resistance.

Anaemia is called as panduroga in Ayurveda. The word pandumeans white. In anamia the skin and the mucous membranes called as raktapitta in Ayurveda. The detailed description and treatment of both anaemia and bleeding disorders according to modern medicine as well as Ayurveda are given in this book.

Liver is called yakrut in Ayurveda. Both the words are meaningful. It is said that life depends on the liver. Here the word liver is used with a double meaning that is liver as an anatomical organ of the body and liver which implies one who livers the lifestyle of an individual. The word yakrut is derived from yaha one and krut which literally means does. Thus liver is one which performs important functions of the body.

The book elucidated the functions of the liver and description of jaundice according to modern medicine as well as Ayurveda. In India laymen who are not qualified treatment of jaundice. Patients suffering from jaundice should not take treatment from such people as they are not conversant with the varied causes of jaundice and its complications.

Alcohol is toxic to the liver. Drinking alcohol in excess can give rise to acute alcoholic hepatitis fatty liver alcoholic intoxication and cirrhosis of the liver. Its is difficult to overcome addiction to alcohol as in several cases the fulfils his desire to drink alcohol through the medium of the addict.

The book also describes in detail hepatosplenomegaly cirrhosis of the liver oedema and ascites as per Ayurveda as well modern medicine. The book gives a list of Ayurveda medicines which have proved to be useful in liver disorders by carrying out experiments on animals or clinical trials on patients. The book also gives measures to prevent liver disorders.

This book will prove useful not only to patients with blood and liver disorder but is will also be useful to haematologists gastroenterologists vaidyas doctor medical student and nurses. Every one shall benefit by reading the book in keeping his blood and liver healthy.

Contents

1	Blood Ayurvedic concept
1	Qualities of blood	18
2	Functions of blood	18
3	Qualities of a person with ideal blood	19
4	Increase in quantity of blood Polycythemia (raktavruddhi)	19
5	Decrease in quantity of blood anaemia (raktakshaya)	19
6	Vitiation of blood (raktadushti)	20
7	Blood Modern concept	20
8	Components of blood	20
9	Sites of blood formation	21
10	Development of blood cells	21
2	Anaemia
1	Red blood cells (R..B.C)	22
2	Nutritional and other requirements of red blood cells	22
3	Normal values of haemoglobin and red blood cells In various age groups	23
4	Anaemia	23
5	Causes of anaemia	23
6	Iron deficiency anaemia	24
7	Daily requirement of iron in various age groups	24
8	Iron content in common food items	25
9	why does and infant more than 5 moths old develop anaemia when fed on breast milk alone	25
10	symptoms of anaemia	25
11	Prevention of iron deficiency anaemia	26
12	Ayurvedic medicines containing iron	26
13	Diet rish in iron	27
14	Treatment in anaemia where iron deficiency is not the cause	27
15	Diet beneficial in anaemia according to Ayurvedic concept	27
16	Treatment of anaemia with hepatosplenomegaly	28
17	Spiritual therapy	28
18	Microcytic and megaloblastic anaemia	29
19	Haemolytic anaemia	30
20	Other causes of anamea	30
21	Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia	32
22	Aplastic anaemia	32
3	Leucocytes (white blood cells)
1	Types of leucocytes	35
2	Normal values of various types of leucocytes in different age groups	35
3	Neutrophils	35
4	Eosinophils	36
5	Basophils	36
6	Lymphocytes	36
7	Monocytes	36
8	Total white cell count	36
9	Increase in white cell count in pathological conditions	37
10	Eosinophilia	37
11	Lymphocytosis	37
12	Monocytosis	38
13	Neutropenia and agranulocytosis	38
4	Bleeding disorders (raktapitta) Ayurvedic concepts
1	Causes	39
2	Types of bleeding disorder	39
3	Symptoms	39
4	Types of bleeding disorder according to the predominnt humour	40
5	Complications of bleeding disorders	40
6	Prognosis of bleeding disorders	40
7	Treatment	41
8	Beneficial diet and other measures	41
9	Medicines usefull in bleeding disorder	41
5	Bleeding disorders (raktapitta) Modern concept
1	Blood factors required for blood clotting	42
2	Process of blood clotting	42
3	Epistaxis	43
4	Haemoptysis	46
5	Haematemesis	47
6	Bleeding per rectm	49
7	Haematuria	50
8	Bleeding from the vagina	51
9	Bleeding following increased blood pressure	51
10	Treatment of bleeding according to the increased humour	52
11	Ayurvedic medicines useful to control bleeding	52
12	General treatment in bleeding disorders	53
13	Rasayana treatment for bleeding disorders	54
14	Spiritual therapy	54
15	Diet in bleeding disorders	55
6	Liver (yakrut)
1	Life depends on the liver	58
2	Close association of blood and the liver in foetal life	58
3	Functions of the liver	58
4	Why does the tummy of an infant appear bulging	59
5	Why is liver disease commonly suspected in infants and childern	60
6	Causes of liver disorders	60
7	Causes of jaundice Sanskrut references	61
7	Viral hepatitis caused by hepatitis viruses A,B,C,D.and E
1	Mode of virus entry	64
2	Infective hepatitis caused by hepatitis A virus	64
3	Infective hepatitis caused by hepatitis ABvirus	65
4	Infective hepatitis caused by hepatitis C virus	67
5	Infective hepatitis caused by hepatitis D virus	67
6	Infective hepatitis caused by hepatitis E virus	67
7	General care of a patient suffering from jaundice	67
8	Jaundice Ayurvedic concept
1	Concept of Germs in Ayurveda	69
2	Classification fo Jaundice	69
3	Ruddhapatha kamala	70
4	Koshtha Shakhashirta kamala	73
5	Should one take medication for jaundice from laymen who give free medicines	15
	Sanskrut references	76
9	Alcohol
1	Properties of alcohol	78
2	Constitioun and alcoholic drinks	78
3	Quantity of alcohol	80
4	Alcohol and seasons	80
5	How should one drink alcohol	80
6	Contraindications for drinking alcohol	81
7	How to overcome addiction to alcohol	81
	Sanskrut references	82
10	Diseases caused by excessive consumption or alcohol for a prolonged period
1	Alcohol is toxic to the liver	87
2	Pathogenesis	87
3	Acute aloholic hepatitis	87
4	Fatty liver	88
5	Alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver	88
6	Madayaya	88
7	Why is it difficult to get rid of addiction to alcohol	89
	Sanskrut references	90
11	Hepatosplenomegaly (enlargement of the liver and spleen)
1	Causes of enlargement of the liver and spleen	91
2	General Ayurvedic treatment	91
3	Rasayana medicines	93
4	Rasayana medicines	93
5	Spiritual therapy (karma vipak)	94
	Sanskrut references	95
12	Cirrhosis of the liver (yakrutodara)
1	Causes of cirrhosis	97
2	Symptoms	97
3	Diet according to modern medicine	98
4	Hepatic coma	99
5	Liver transplant	99
6	Ayurvedic treatment	100
13	Oedema (shotha)
1	Causes of localised swelling	101
2	Causes of generalised swelling all over the body	101
3	Pathogenesis	102
4	Premonitory symptoms	103
5	Ama stage of oedema	103
6	Symptoms	103
7	Complication of oedema	104
8	Prognosis	104
9	Principles of treatment	105
10	Treatment during the ama stage	105
11	Treatment during the nirama stage	106
12	Diet in the ama stage	106
13	Diet in the nirama stage	107
14	Classification of oedema according to the predominant humour	107
15	vataja oedema	107
16	Pitaja oedema	108
17	Kaphaja oedema	109
18	Vatapittaja oedema	110
19	Kaphavataja oedema	110
20	Tridoshaja oedema	111
21	Diet in oedema	113
22	Spiritual therapy (karma vipak)	114
	Sanskrut references	114
14	Ascites (Jalodara)
1	Causes of ascites	120
2	Classifications of udara	120
3	General treatmetn of ascites	121
4	Diet in ascites	123
5	Spiritual theraphy	124
	Sanskrut references	124
15	Drugs useful in liver disorders
1	Best medicine in diseases of blood and liver	134
2	Prevention of liver disorders	137
16	Preparation of Ayurvedic recipes Bibliography	160

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