Efficacy of Rauwolfia Serpentina Homoeopathic Mother Tincture in Management of Hypertension

Efficacy of Rauwolfia Serpentina Homoeopathic Mother Tincture in Management of Hypertension

INTRODUCTION :

There is complete discussion on role of Homoeopathic mother tincture in management of Hypertension. It is Indian medicine also known as Sarpgandha , chota chand or chandrika belong from Apocynaceae family and of vegetable kingdom, Its ,one of the indole alkaloid reserpine present in mother tincture of Rauwolfia  is in sufficient quantity.It is prepared from root of the plant. Rauwolfia had wonderful result in any type of Hypertension, without any hazards or side effects because, Homoeopathic medicine is  prepared in very minute and pure form ,which are act dynamically on human body and very effective in hypertension. Homoeopathic mother tincture are original substance prepared with the aid of alcohol, directly from crude drug. It is precursor of potentcies of respective drugs[1] Rauwolfia  serpentine is a small erection up to 1 meter  height with pale colored break  the flowers are white or pinkish arrange in terminal or lateral corymbose kinds roots are taught think about 10 cm long 2 to 22 mm in diameter torches slightly wrinkled surface rock with cause longitudinal marking really branch route bar grayish yellowish to ground root is used for preparation [2] The name Rauwolfia is taken from,16 -century Germany botanist and adventure “Dr Leonhard Rauwolf” nearly who studied plant while travelling in India. [3]  Homoeopathic proving of  Rauwolfia Serpentina  was conducted in, 1954 by Lasser and schrenk at the Robert  Bosch hospital in stutgart. The proving was carried out on 24 doctors using 1 X and  3X potencies  for a period of 14 28 days also conducted proving in faculty of in London in 1954 55 on 6 Prover  using  3X,6X,12C and 30C potency for a period of six months. finally Julian undertook detailed clinical  studies to determine range of action of  Rauwolfia in homoeopathic potency[4]Preparation of Homoeopathic Rauwolfia Q and potencies prepared according to H.P.I. Volume 1.

Rauwolfia serpentina  used to treat people with neuropsychiatric conditions ,but the doses involved were high and often lead to severe adverse effect. Apparently the antihypertensive action of Rauwolfia Serpentina were noted incidentally during European use of plant. Reserpine alkaloid bind irreversibly to Catecholamine Storage granules in  neurons .It deplete catecholamine from peripheral sympathetic nerve endings which Controlling heart rate, force of  cardiac contraction andperipheral vascular resistance. It was world’s first successful blood pressure lowering agent.[5]

The Indian physician Rustom Jal Vakil is considered responsible for introducing Rauwolfia to western medicine. He collected data on patients treated with Rauwolfia for 10 years, from 1939 to 1949. In 1949, he published a watershed paper on the anti-hypertensive properties of Rauwolfia in british medical journal. He presented his detailed result from treating 50 patients who had high blood pressure with the root of Rauwolfia.[6]

AIM & OBJECT:-

To assess the efficacy of Rauwolfia Homoeopathic mother tincture in management of Hypertension.

METHOD:-

 This study was conducted on outdoor and indoor patients, peripheral patients of Government Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital Bhopal. It is open label observational study was conducted on 20 cases  between the age of 30-70 years of both sex were taken randomly  who was suffered from Hypertension.  The pulse pressure before and after treatment was considered and “t” test was applied to  assessed  the evidence based effectiveness of Homoeopathic Rauwolfia mother tincture.

RESULT:-

The mean age of patient involved in study was  male 50%  female 50%   mean before treatment 60.8, mean after treatment 45.6,difference of mean 15.2,S.D. 4.7, at 19 degree of freedom (n-1)we find in “t” table ,tabulated value is 1.72 at 0.05 at the level of significant. Our calculated value is 14.3 on “t” test which is significantly higher to compare tabulated value. So the null hypothesis was rejected and Rauwolfia Homoeopathic mother tincture very much effective.

CONCLUSION: – Rauwolfia Serpentine Homoeopathic mother tincture more effective in management of Hypertension.

REFRENCES:-

(1).       Mandal Partha Pratim: AText Book of Homoeopathic Pharmacy, Foreword by S.K          Dubey, 3rd  edition, 2012 New Central, Book Agency

(2).       Tyler V E, Brady LR, Robbers J E, Pharmacogonosy 9th edition, Philadelphia P A;           Lea & Febiger; 1988 pp-222-223(goggle scholar)

(3).       Department of Ayush – Homoeopathic Pharmacopeia of India. Volume 1

(4).       Douglas Lobay: Rauwolfia in treatment of Hypertension IMCJ Integr        Med(Encinitas);2015 jun 14 (3): 40-46 (Article in PMC)

(5)        B. K Diwedi.et.at: Comparative Standardization Study for determination of resprine         in Rauwolfia serpentine homoeopathic mother tincture manufactured by different           pharmaceutical Industrial using HPTLC as to check for quality control

(6)        IJRH: 2017/volume :11/ issue: 2/ page: 109-117 2017;11:109-117

OBSERVATION

Sr. No. SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE BEFORE TREATMENT(mm of Hg) SBT DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE BEFORE TREATMENT(mm of Hg) DBT PULSE PRESSURE BEFORE TREATMENT   X
1 170 110 60
2 180 120 60
3 160 120 40
4 176 132 44
5 150 110 40
6 160 120 40
7 165 105 60
8 190 130 60
9 180 120 60
10 160 110 50
11 170 110 60
12 200 130 70
13 196 110 86
14 180 120 60
14 168 100 68
15 170 108 62
16 178 90 88
17 158 100 58
18 160 100 60
19 170 120 50
20 160 120 40

SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE BEFORE TREATMENT (mm of Hg) SBT

            DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE BEFORE TREATMENT (mm of Hg) DBT

Sr. No. SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE AFTER TREATMENT(mm of Hg) SBT DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE AFTER TREATMENT(mm of Hg) DBT PULSE PRESSURE AFTER TREATMENT   Y
1 130 80 50
2 132 90 42
3 120 70 50
4 134 84 50
5 124 82 42
6 120 90 30
7 130 78 52
8 130 90 40
9 120 80 40
10 124 86 38
11 130 78 52
12 130 80 50
13 124 78 46
14 130 90 40
14 128 80 48
15 130 76 54
16 126 90 36
17 120 78 42
18 128 78 50
19 130 90 40
20 100 80 20

SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE AFTER TREATMENT (mm of Hg) SBT

DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE AFTER TREATMENT ( mm of Hg) DBT

S.No   PULSE PRESSURE BEFORE TREATMENT   X PULSE PRESSURE AFTER TREATMENT   Y DIFFERENCE X-Y =Z (Z-Z mean) (Z-Zmean)2
1 60 50 10 -5.2 27.04
2 60 42 18 15.2 231.04
3 40 50 -10 -25.2 635.04
4 44 50 -6 -21.2 449.44
5 40 42 -2 -17.2 295.84
6 40 30 10 -5.2 27.04
7 60 52 8 -7.2 51.84
8 60 40 20 4.8 23.04
9 60 40 20 4.8 23.04
10 50 38 12 -3.2 10.24
11 60 52 80 64.8 4199.04
12 70 50 20 4.8 23.04
13 86 46 40 24.8 615.04
14 60 40 20 4.8 23.04
14 68 48 20 4.8 23.04
15 62 54 8 -7.2 51.84
16 88 36 52 36.8 1354.24
17 58 42 16 0.8 0.64
18 60 50 10 -5.2 27.04
19 50 40 10 -5.2 27.04
20 40 20 20 4.8 23.04

Author name:

Dr Sabahat pekar (Ex. Professor in Physiology)(M.D. Scholar in Govt. Homoeopathic Medical College & HospitalBhopal, M.P)Under the Guidance of Dr Chetna pandey (HOD.) Department of Homoeopathic pharmacy

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