Role of medhya rasayana in the management of dementia of the alzheimer’s type

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Journal name: International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Original article title: Role of medhya rasayana in the management of dementia of the alzheimer’s type
The International Ayurvedic Medical Journal (IAMJ) is a peer-reviewed scientific publication dedicated to Ayurveda. It aims to integrate Ayurvedic concepts with modern scientific understanding, offering a comprehensive source of validated knowledge for both the modern Ayurvedic community and the broader medical fraternity.

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Pallavi A. Ghadage
Kshama Gupta
Niranjan Y.
N. J. Trivedi


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Year: 2018

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Introduction: Dementia of Alzheimer’s type (DAT) is a progressive inevitable loss of cognitive function assocated with the manifestation of senile plaques in the hippocampal area of the brain. It is most common form of d mentia among middle age and older adults which accounts for 60 of DAT can be multifactorial; disturbance in Vyadhi; Aama in terms of protein aggregation. So treatment modality ought to act on this pathogenesis. and Methods: Eleven cases of DAT diagnosed as per DSM IV were givencomes were assessed by Changes in Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Scale and Cornell Brown Scale for Quality of Life in Dementia (CBS-QLD). Ethical clearance was obtained (PIA/IECHR/2016 registered in Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI/2017/05/008563). CDR scale showed improvements in Orientation (57.48%) affairs (43.16%), Home and hobbies (67.07%), which weRasayana Churna was statistically highly significant in quality of life in Dementia Discussion: The effect of MRC in DAT may be due to protective property which helps to prevent and reverse the pathogenesis. Medhya Rasayana is effective in the management of Dementia of the Alzheimer’s type,pothesis stands rejected Keywords: Dementia of Alzheimer

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