Dr Saurav Arora

Gunpowder

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Synonyms: English: Black powder, Brown powder, Carbon-sulfur-kali-nitricum; French: Poudre a canon. Description: Gunpowder is a black or brown explosive substance consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of potassium nitrate (saltpeter; nitre), charcoal, and sulfur. The proportions (by weight) are approximately 70-80% potassium nitrate, and 10-15% each of charcoal and sulfur. Gunpowder was the first and … Read more

Eugenia Jambos

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Eugenia Jambos (Rose-apple) Eugenia produces a state of intoxication like alcohol. Everything appears beautiful and larger; excitement soon changing to depression. Head: Headache as if a board were lying on right side. Extremities: Nightly cramp in soles of feet. [Cupr.; Zing.] Skin cracks about toes. Clinical usage by Boericke and J. H. Clarke Acne rosacea … Read more

Cactus grandiflorus

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Cactus grandiflorus (Night-blooming cereus)   Botanical name: cereus grandiflorus mill Family: cactaceae. Synonym: Selenicereus spinulosus Distribution: Generally hot and stony places of tropical America, also in gardens in India. History and authority: Allen’s Encyclop. Mat. Med., Vol. II, 321. Part used: Flowering stem Prescribed dose: Tincture (best made from flowers), to third attenuation. Higher in … Read more

Bryonia alba

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Keypoints to remember:- Rheumatism– Muscles related problems, Gout. Pain(s) in body, joints and muscles which is aggravated by motion and better by rest. This modality is a common symptom of weather change in most of the patients. Complaints when warm weathersets in after cold days–> exposure to variation in temperature makes an Individual vunlerable for … Read more

Bellis perennis

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Key points to remember:- Acts on muscular fibers of the blood-vessels, muscular soreness (applied to almost every part of body), lameness, as if sprained sensation Wrist pains, soreness of back- railway spine (derived from historical instances when people use to have whole back pain after traveling in wooden carts and trains) First remedy in injuries … Read more

Alstonia scholaris

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Alstonia scholaris (Dita bark) Botanical name: alstonia scholaris r. br. Family: apocynaceae Known: Hindi: Satwan; Eng: Dita Bark; French: Ecorce de dite; Ger: Ditarinde. Description: A tall evergreen tree with a straight, often fluted and buttressed stem, 12 m high and up to 3 m in girth. Leaves 3 to 7 in a whorl, glabrous, … Read more

Dyslipidemia in subclinical hypothyroidism in an Indian population

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Dyslipidemia in subclinical hypothyroidism in an Indian population Raman K. Marwaha, Nikhil Tandon, M.K. Garg, Ratnesh Kanwar, A. Sastry, A. Narang, Saurav Aroraand Kuntal Bhadra Objectives In view of inconsistent reports on the prevalence of dyslipidemia in subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH), we studied lipid abnormalities in Indian subjects with SCH. Design and methods A cross sectional … Read more

Endocrine Society Issues Practice Guideline on Vitamin D

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June 7, 2011 (Boston, Massachusetts) — The Endocrine Society today unveiled a Clinical Practice Guideline on the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of vitamin D deficiency, with an emphasis on the care of patients who are at risk for vitamin D deficiency. Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD, from Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts, who chaired the … Read more