A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MADHU PIPPALI AND SAPTAMRUT LAUHA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF URDHWAG AMLAPITTA
Sainath Dilip Patil*, Rohit Mane Deshmukh and Sushant Thorat
ABSTRACT
Purpose:- Comparative study of Madhu pippali and Saptamrut lauha
in management of Urdhwag amlapitta. Design: Prospective,
randomized, interventional, hospital based comparative study Material
& Methods: In present study 60 patients were randomly selected and
divided into 2 groups, with 30 patients each. First group was treated
with Madhu pippali; Second group was treated with saptamrut lauha.
Clinical parameters like Vanti, Sarvang Daha,Shiroruja,Hrid-Kantha
Daha, Tikta-Amla Udgar, Kandu, Aruchi, Utklesh These were suitably
graded to assess the results that were statistically analyzed. Results:
The above distribution shows that in group A, 3 patients shows Mild
Changes, 12 patient are moderately improved and 15 patients shows
Marked improvement in the symptoms where as in group B, 2 patients
shows Mild Changes, 12 patients are moderately improved and 16
patients was found Markedly improved. But according to the Mann-Whitney test (Z), the
difference between both of above group was found non significant, as the calculated P>0.05.
From this we can conclude that the treatments given to the both of the groups are equally
effective. Conclusion: On comparing the overall effect of both drugs we can conclude that
Madhu pippali is statistically effective than Saptamrut lauha by giving 1.9% more relief in
all symptoms.
Keywords: Saptamrut lauha, Madhu pippali, Amlapitta.
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