Journal of Integrated Community Health (ISSN 2319-9113)

Management and Treatment of Gastritis (War’m-e-Meda) with Herbal Remedies: An Overview

Syeda Ayeman Mazhar — 2022-11-16

Stomach complaints are still a common health problem. Among them, gastritis affects 25-33% of the total population of India, of which most of them belong to the age group of 15-50 years. There are two types of gastritis - acute and chronic. Acute gastritis is a mucosal inflammatory process that may be asymptomatic. Chronic gastritis is one of the most common serious epidemic infections, e.g. peptic ulcer or gastric ulcer. In the Unani system of medicine, gastritis is also known by many names: Hurqat-e-Meda, Sozish-e-Meda, Warm-e-Meda, and Ilttehab-e-Meda. Gastritis is most commonly caused due to metabolic stress, drug intake, and corrosive injuries. Other factors such as tobacco consumption, psychosocial stress, and nutritional factors also play an important role in its occurrence. We will discuss in detail the efficacy of some Unani herbal drugs in acute and chronic gastritis.

How to cite this article:
Mazhar SA, Nazmeen, Anjum R, Anwar AI, Khan AA, Riaz R. Management and Treatment of Gastritis (Warm-e-Meda) with Herbal Remedies: An Overview. J Integ Comm Health. 2022;11(1):22-24.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2319.9113.202203

Unani Concept of Fasd (Venesection): A Review

Mohammad Aslam — 2022-11-16

Assessment of Medication Adherence among Diabetic and Hypertensive Patients Visiting an Urban Health Centre Affiliated with a Tertiary Care Hospital during Lockdown Imposed due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Alka Mishra — 2022-11-16

Introduction: COVID-19 is a major health crisis, which led to a nationwide lockdown. The combined effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown impacted patients suffering from non-communicable diseases.

Method: All patients registered at an urban health training centre for treatment of diabetes, hypertension or both. The study was a facility-based cross-sectional study, done at an Urban Health Training Centre (UHTC), affiliated with VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. 145
patients were taking treatment for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or both for six months or more, at UHTC before the commencement of lockdown. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Patients were contacted telephonically. Data were analysed for frequency and percentage, and the relationship was assessed using chi-square test/
Fisher’s exact test.

Results: Majority of participants were male (51%) and had BMI in the range of normal to overweight (44% and 43.1% respectively). Loss of job was reported by 73% of participants and majority of participants were earning INR 6001 to 10000 before lockdown. The main reason for noncompliance was financial. Sex, migration, and source of medication were significantly related to medication compliance.

Conclusions: Though most patients were compliant, the main reason for non-compliance was financial and related to migration.

How to cite this article:
Mishra A, Tiwari P, Bhardawaj D. Assessment of Medication Adherence among Diabetic and
Hypertensive Patients Visiting an Urban Health Centre Affiliated with a Tertiary Care Hospital
during Lockdown Imposed due to COVID-19 Pandemic. J Integ Comm Health. 2022;11(1):1-
10.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2319.9113.202201

Health and Poverty Linkages for Population just above the Poverty Line: A Study done in Slums of Jaipur, India

Neha Awasthi — 2022-11-16

Introduction: Underdeveloped and developing countries are unable to provide essential healthcare to all of their inhabitants, and those who remain uninsured are at a huge risk of financial hardship. It’s never easy to divide limited resources.

Method: This study attempts to examine that, If urban poors, a vulnerable section of the society is protected against catastrophic health expenditure. Is there deepening of poverty among urban poor of the city of Jaipur becoming due to catastrophic health expenditure?
426 households in Jaipur’s urban slums were surveryed.

Results: 8.1% of all households incurred Catastrophic Health Expenditure. The mean positive overshoot was 33%. Poverty increased by 1% at National Poverty Line and by 2.6% at the International Poverty Line estimates. The increase in the normalised mean positive poverty gap from 29.8% to 45.3% suggests that the existing poor are becoming more impoverished. There was a significant association between increasing health spending and household cuts in food and apparel spending, at p = 0.0001 and p = 0.05, respectively.

Conclusion: The results show a huge disparity between poverty estimates based on national poverty standards (2.8%) and international poverty standards (37.1%) indicating the necessity for developing sensitive poverty criteria. It is also vital to make an evidence-based decision on
whether to employ assurance, insurance, or a combination of the two healthcare delivery systems. The assurance approach might expand accessibility while also lowering healthcare expenditures for the entire community. Rather than creating two distinct insurance or assurance systems, the government should pool its resources and efforts into one.

How to cite this article:
Awasthi N, Chaudhary M. Health and Poverty Linkages for Population just above the Poverty
Line: A Study done in Slums of Jaipur, India. J Integ Comm Health. 2022;11(1):11-21.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2319.9113.202202

Fuzzification of Intelligence Quotient (IQ) for the Determination of Individual Temperament (Mizaj-e-Shakhsi)

Aisha Aijaz — 2022-11-16

Introduction: Temperament assessment is the key point on which whole of the Unani therapeutics depends. The various methods mentioned in classical Unani manuscripts are observation based liable to mistakes. Therefore, there is a need of searching some scientific methods of temperament assessment not the mere subjective parameters and that can be employed universally. Keeping this aim in mind this work was done in the department of Tashreeh wa Munafeul Aza, AKTC, AMU.

Method: The author has submitted a thesis in which the IQ was established as a tool for assessment of individual temperament using Boolean logic. Then taking those data, fuzzy logic was applied and fuzzification of IQ levels was done. The results thus obtained were
compared.

Result: The assessment of individual temperament using Boolean Logic applied to IQ levels the individuals can be identified as Hot and Cold temperament persons. While applying fuzzy logic the subjects were identified as haar, baarid anf motadil temperament with specifications
of degrees of temperaments.

Conclusion: Fuzzification is the better method of assessment of individual temperament.

How to cite this article:
Aijaz A. Fuzzification of Intelligence Quotient (IQ) for the Determination of Individual Temperament (Mizaj-e-Shakhsi). J Integ Comm Health. 2022; 11(1): 28-31.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2319.9113.202205