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Source: AYU: Efficacy of Rasayana Avaleha

Radiotherapy is used in the treatment of Cancer (a disease affecting mankind).—Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy have cytotoxic effects, which are hazardous to the normal cells of the patient, causing many unnecessary effects.—The efficacy of the radiotherapy has been described by 4 ‘R’ s, that is, repair, redistribution, repopulation, and reoxygenation. The controlled use of radiotherapy provides different outputs on healthy and malignant tissues. [...] Radiotherapy frequently causes damage to the normal cells, which is evident in the form of adverse reactions. [...] After radiotherapy, acute adverse reactions like nausea, vomiting, skin reaction, mucocitis, and fatigue occur. Among the chronic long-term effects, xerostomia, tastelessness, edema, and damage to other organs may occur.

Rasayana-avaleha counteracts the various adverse effects of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy, in particular as under: Tulasi, which has vishanashana-prabhava, and probably destroys the toxic substances released by cell injury when administered with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The radio-protective effect of the extract of Tulasi leaves has also been proved by pharmacological study.

Rasayana-avaleha (an Ayurvedic preparation) has proved to be an effective adjuvant therapy in protecting patients from the adverse effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. [...]. Therefore, administration of rasayana-avaleha along with chemotherapy and radiotherapy can improve the quality of life of cancer patients.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Full-text: Repopulation, Reoxygenation, Redistribution, Repair, Vikiran-pravidhi, Tastelessness, Edema, Nausea, Xerostomia, Vomiting, Mucocitis, Glycirrhiza glabra, Ocimum sanctum, Piper longum, Emblica officinalis, Leptadenia reticulata, Withania somnifera, Tinospora cordifolia, Cancer, Chemotherapy.

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