Nilavembu kudineer ppt

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1. Dr. B. Karunai Selvi Assistant Professor of Botany V.V.Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar – 626 001 Tamil Nadu NILAVEMBU KUDINEER – A POLYHERBAL FORMULATION AGAINST DENGUE VIRUS

2. INTRODUCTION Dengue epidemic has become an important focus of international public health awareness. It is found mainly in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas . Dengue is considered as an important mosquito-borne arboviral disease . According to World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is a febrile illness that affects infants, children and adults.

3. DENGUE VIRUS Dengue fever is a painful, debilitating mosquito-borne disease caused by any one of four closely related dengue viruses

4. DENGUE Most cases occur in tropical areas of the world, with the greatest risk occurring in: The Indian subcontinent Southeast Asia Southern China Taiwan The Pacific Islands The Caribbean (except Cuba and the Cayman Islands) Mexico Africa

5. DENGUE Dengue fever is transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito infected with a dengue virus. The mosquito becomes infected when it bites a person with dengue virus in their  blood . It can’t be spread directly from one person to another person.

6. SYMPTOMS OF DENGUE FEVER Sudden, high fever Severe headaches Pain behind the eyes Severe joint and muscle pain Fatigue Nausea Vomiting Skin rash, which appears two to five days after the onset of fever Mild bleeding (such a nose bleed, bleeding gums, or easy bruising)

7. TREATMENT The treatment of dengue fever is symptomatic and supportive in nature. Bed rest and mild  analgesic-antipyretic therapy  are often helpful in relieving lethargy, malaise, and fever associated with the disease.   Acetaminophen (paracetamol)  is recommended for treatment of pain and fever.

8. NILAVEMBU KUDINEER

9. COMPOSITION OF NILAVEMBU KUDINEER Nilavembu ( Andrographis paniculata ), Vilamichu ver ( Plectranthus amboinicus ), Chukku ( Zingiber officinale ), Milagu ( Piper nigrum ), Koraikizhangu ( Cyperus rotundus ), Peipudal ( Tricosanthes cucumerina ), Vettiver ( Vettiveria zizanoides ), Santhanam ( Santalum album ), and Parpadagam ( Mollugo cerviana )

10. Nilavembu kudineer preparation All the above ingredients are grinded into coarse powder, called as ‘ kudineer choornam ’. ‘ Kudineer choornam ’ is then made into kudineer by adding water and heated, so that the mixture of kudineer choornam and water reduced to 1/4th or 1/8th of its volume. Dose of the kudineer is generally 30ml before food, three to four times a day. Lifetime of prepared kudineer is 1 Samam i.e. 3 hours

11. Nilavembu ( Andrographis paniculata)

12. Vilamichu ver ( Plectranthus amboinicus )

13. Chukku ( Zingiber officinale )

14. Milagu ( Piper nigrum)

15. Koraikizhangu ( Cyperus rotundus )

16. Peipudal ( Tricosanthes cucumerina )

17. Vettiver ( Vettiveria zizanoides )

18. Santhanam ( Santalum album )

19. Parpadagam ( Mollugo cerviana )

20. NILAVEMBU KUDINEER All these plants are used traditionally in the treatment of fever, inflammation, arthralgia , arthritis, gastric ulcer, jaundice and general debility conditions. Nilavembu kudineer controls fever through its healing effects of temperature regulation, inflammation control and body pain relief It boost the immunity

21. ANDROGRAPHOLIDE The medicinal value of this plant is due to the presence of a bitter active ingredient andrographolide . Andrographolide is a colourless crystalline solid with bitter taste It is a bicyclic diterpenoid lactone derivative, a main phytochemical compound. Other constituents are neoandrographolide , 14- deoxyandrographolide , and 14-deoxy-11, 12-didehydro andro-grapholide .

22. CONCLUSION Polyherbal preparations like nilavembu kudineer have excellent antiviral activity against dengue virus and are less toxic in contrast to the synthetic drugs, which are regarded as perilous to human being and environment.

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