Medicinal Practices : Herbal, Holistic and Traditional

Biography

Biography: Abhishek Joshi

Abstract

The dimensions of health are always changing. It is a well-known fact that children undergo frequent episodes of respiratory tract infections. Due to specific anatomical and physiological peculiarities and immature immune responses children become more susceptible to respiratory infections. The respiratory system is most vulnerable to infections and considered as the prime victim of hypersensitization in most of the circumstances. Respiratory Tract Infections (RTI) accounting 50% of patients attending pediatric OPD in developing and even developed countries of the world. It will be quite interesting to note that child between four to eight years of age is known as a catarrhal child which itself indicate the prevalence of the same among this particular age group. On the other hand, deterioration of immunity in the human population particularly in children is the subject of concern in the present era. That is primarily because of changing lifestyle, food habits more than that deviation from the ethics of medical practice. A study report clearly indicates as many as 10 million antibiotic prescriptions per year are directed toward respiratory conditions for which they are unlikely to provide benefit. Such non-judicious use of antibiotics and corticosteroids in contemporary system of medicine has led to the iatrogenic suppression of host immunity and birth of multi-drug resistant traits of pathogens. This phenomenon, in turn, results in the recurrence of RTI. The conventional system of medicines has many limitations in preventing RTI and this is one of the potential windows for Ayurvedic herbal therapeutic intervention. Ayurveda has many drugs that act on complaints of the respiratory system and are immunomodulators as well, which are proven for their efficacy in the respiratory system and are immunomodulation. Elaborately under the concepts of Kasa, Vyadhikshamtva, Ojas, and Rasayana.