Side – effects of chemotherapy and its treatment based on ayurvedic chikitsa siddhant with reference to effect of anubhut yoga in cancer patient receiving chemotherapy

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Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells which spreads to other parts of the body through blood and lymph systems. Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide accounting for 8.2 million deaths in 2012. Cancer treatments are surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, biologic therapy. But chemotherapy does not always works because it has got ample of sideeffects such as nausea, vomiting, anorexia, fever, cough, tastelessness; skin becomes red, tender, itchy; fatigue – breathlessness on exertion, alopecia, diarrhoea, digestive problems, myelosuppression, mucocitis. An anubhutyoga containing guduchi , ashwagandha , bhumiamlaki, shankha bhasma, suvarna gairik, laghu sootshekhar rasa, mukta shukti pishti. They have antitumor activity and acts against HL- 60 leukemic cells. They suppresses tumour growth through various mechanisms including Reactive Oxygen Species [ROS] generation proteasome inhibition, p 53 stabilization, induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibition of AKT phosphorylation and p 38 MAPK activation 6-11. They have antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic action; antitumor, antioxidant and antihyperuricaemic properties. They have anti carcinogenic and antimutagenic actions. They also normalises the uric acid and creatinine level. In short, this anubhut yoga minimizes the sideeffects of chemotherapy. Anubhut Yoga is an effective adjuvant therapy in protecting the patient from adverse effect of chemotherapy. Keywords: Cancer, Chemotherapy, sideeffects , Ayurvedic chikitsa, Anubhut Yoga , Moondra Jayshree et al