Allergie und Āyurveda
01 Feb 2018-Erfahrungsheilkunde (© MVS Medizinverlage Stuttgart GmbH & Co. KG)-Vol. 67, Iss: 01, pp 18-21
TL;DR: In der klinischen Ayurveda-Praxis in Deutschland hat sich gezeigt, dass die Behandlung auf dieser Grundlage haufig zu einer signifikanten Linderung allergischer Beschwerden fuhrt.
Abstract: Der modern definierte Begriff der Allergie findet in der traditionellen medizinischen Wissenschaft des Ayurveda keine direkte Entsprechung. Fur die therapeutische Praxis ist es sinnvoller, auf Basis der allgemeinen Symptomatik eine ayurvedische Einordnung vorzunehmen. Demnach konnen Allergien verschiedene Ursachen haben: individuelle Unzutraglichkeiten und Zutraglichkeiten, unzutragliche Nahrungsmittel, Agni-Schwache sowie eine Vielzahl individueller Faktoren wie die Grundkonstitution. Die ayurvedische Diagnosestellung und Behandlung erfolgt uber die genaue Einschatzung der individuellen Krankheitserscheinungen, der Konstitution und der psychischen Verfassung. Auf dieser Basis wird eine Therapiestrategie entwickelt, deren Ziel die Wiederherstellung der Selbstregulation des Organismus ist. Die mehrdimensionale Therapie setzt sich aus Empfehlungen zur richtigen Ernahrung, dem Einsatz von Gewurzen und pflanzlichen Arzneien sowie ggf. einer Pancakarma-Therapie zusammen. In der klinischen Ayurveda-Praxis in Deutschland hat sich gezeigt, dass die Behandlung auf dieser Grundlage haufig zu einer signifikanten Linderung allergischer Beschwerden fuhrt.
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TL;DR: Investigation of depressive symptoms and anxiety in SAR patients and their association to inflammatory and endocrine parameters shows a close relationship between acute allergic processes and affective states, with inflammatory cytokines, sleep, and age of manifestation as potentially relevant mediators.
Abstract: A growing number of studies show an association between seasonal allergic rhinitis (SAR) with depression and anxiety. The underlying mechanisms of a link between SAR and affect, however, are still unclear. The objective of the present study was to investigate depressive symptoms and anxiety in SAR patients and their association to inflammatory and endocrine parameters. SAR patients (n=41) and non-allergic, healthy controls (n=42) were assessed during (pollen season) and out of symptomatic periods (non-pollen season). Inflammatory cytokine profile (Interleukin [IL]-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-17, IFN-γ, TNF-α), Immunoglobulin-E (IgE), hair cortisol concentrations (HCC), as well as sleep quality were measured. The present data show that during acute allergic inflammation SAR patients experienced a significant increase in Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-) II scores when (a) compared to the asymptomatic period and (b) when compared to the non-allergic controls, while no differences in anxiety were observed. Increased BDI-II scores in SAR patients were significantly associated with levels of IL-6 as well as IL-6/IL-10 and IFN-γ/IL-10 ratios and further, to an early age at manifestation of SAR and poor sleep quality. These findings support a close relationship between acute allergic processes and affective states, with inflammatory cytokines, sleep, and age of manifestation as potentially relevant mediators.
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TL;DR: The orientation towards the organism and his reactivity is the central idea, which can be found in the complete works of Pirquet from 1903 to 1929 and which is presented in this publication for the first time.
Abstract: Coming from his clinical research in the field of infectiology and immunology the Viennese pediatrician Clemens von Pirquet (1874-1929) introduced the term "allergy" in 1906. With it he wanted to describe in general a change in reactivity of the organism, namely in time, quality and quantity. In contrast to the widely accepted use of the word "allergy" today, where it is restricted to specific immunologic hypersensitivity reactions against harmless foreign antigens, allergy in Pirquets sense comprised as general term likewise increases and decreases of the reactivity and so both "hyper-" and "hyposensitivity reactions". In the context with the expansion of allergy to the human predisposition Pirquet emphasized, that the change of reactivity does not only depend on exogenous substances (so called allergens), but also on endogenous factors of the organism itself. - The orientation towards the organism and his reactivity is the central idea, which can be found in the complete works of Pirquet from 1903 to 1929 and which is presented in this publication for the first time. It is the true essence of his theory of allergy.
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TL;DR: This proof of concept study highlights the potential benefits and possible mechanism of Ayurvedic interventions in patients with mild-to-moderate asthma and significantly reduced IgE and eosinophil count and reduced levels of circulating Th2 cytokines.
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TL;DR: Der in der vorliegenden Publikation erstmals herausgearbeitete, samtliche Arbeiten Pirquets von 1903 bis 1929 durchziehende zentrale Gedanke, ist die Orientierung auf den Organismus and seine Reaktionsfahigkeit.
Abstract: Der Wiener Kinderarzt Clemens von Pirquet (1874–1929) fuhrte ausgehend von seinen klinischen Studien auf dem Gebiet der Infektiologie und Immunologie im Jahr 1906 den Begriff "Allergie" ein. Er verstand darunter ganz allgemein eine Veranderung der Reaktionsfahigkeit des Organismus, und zwar in zeitlicher, quantitativer und qualitativer Hinsicht. Im Gegensatz zur heute verbreiteten Verwendung des Allergiebegriffs, wo er auf immunologisch vermittelte, spezifische Uberempfindlichkeitsreaktionen gegen harmlose Umweltsubstanzen beschrankt ist, umfasst Allergie bei Pirquet als allgemeiner und ubergeordneter Begriff gleichermasen Steigerungen und Verminderungen der Reaktionsfahigkeit und damit sowohl "Uber-" als auch "Unterempfindlichkeitsreaktionen". Im Zusammenhang mit der Ausweitung des Allergiebegriffs auf die Disposition des Menschen wies Pirquet darauf hin, dass die Anderung der Reaktionsfahigkeit nicht nur von auseren Substanzen (sog. Allergenen), sondern auch von inneren, organismuseigenen Faktoren abhangt. – Der in der vorliegenden Publikation erstmals herausgearbeitete, samtliche Arbeiten Pirquets von 1903 bis 1929 durchziehende zentrale Gedanke, ist die Orientierung auf den Organismus und seine Reaktionsfahigkeit. Er bildet den eigentlichen Kern seiner Allergielehre.
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TL;DR: Pippalyadi taila for Nasya therapy and Haridra khanda as oral drug was selected for allergic rhinitis and an apparent difference in all the signs and symptoms was observed.
Abstract: Allergic rhinitis is one of the most common and most prevalent ailment, familiar to all with an equal distribution more or less through out the world, rather without any exception to the developed and under developed countries. Bronchial asthma is the main complication of allergic rhinitis because patients of nasal allergy have four times more risk of developing bronchial asthma. In modern medical system a wide range of antibiotics and decongestants is available, but these drugs give only symptomatic relief. So it is need of hour to develop a treatment protocol, which helps the patients to overcome this pathetic condition hence this problem was selected for the study taking all these points into consideration. In this present study Pippalyadi taila for Nasya therapy and Haridra khanda as oral drug was selected. Total 32 patients were registered and randomly divided into two groups. In group A Haridra khanda and in group B Pippalyadi taila Nasya along with Haridra khanda were given for 2 months. The effect of therapy in both groups was assessed by a specially prepared proforma. In both the groups an apparent difference in all the signs and symptoms was observed. In oral group and combined group maximum number of patients i.e., 45.45% and 53.33% respectively showed marked improvement.
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