Dr. Gokul Aher

Maternal and Child Health Care is to protect and promote the Health of Mother and Child. Health of mother before, during, after the delivery plays a vital role in Maternal Mortality Rate. Education and implication of proper nutrition, family planning and vaccination may help to reduce the maternal and children mortality rate. The event aimed to assess the health status of mothers and children in the community while providing essential medical services to improve their well-being.

Background: Addiction is a chronic relapsing condition marked by obsessive drug seeking and use despite negative effects.(1) The use of tobacco increases the chance of developing several chronic diseases, including cancer, lung disease, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. Aim: To study the efficacy of Plantago Major Mother Tincture in tobacco de-addiction in age group above 15 years including both male and female. Objectives: Primary objective: To study the efficacy of Plantago Major Mother Tincture in tobacco de-addiction. Secondary objective: To study the tobacco (Nicotine) dependency by using Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Scale after administration of plantago major mother tincture. (14) Materials and Methods: Case series study was done among 30 subjects with Tobacco addiction randomly selected from M (N)HMC OPD and peripheral camps. Status of addiction of subjects was measured with Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence scale. Plantago major mother tincture was administered. Result: Statistical analysis was done using Paired t test. Out of 30 patients, efficacy of plantago major Ø is seen in 24 patients (80%) and frequency & dependency remains same in 6 patients (20%). Conclusion: According to statistics of nicotine addiction calculated before and after intervention of plantago major Ø for dependency gives the t value of 7. Hence, we concluded that Plantago Major Mother Tincture is effective in management of Tobacco de-addiction.

Diabetes has a significant and growing disease burden in every country, owing to the global growth in obesity and poor lifestyles. Abroma Augusta Mother tincture as add on therapy can give better results in management of Diabetes Mellitus type II, as per the Homoeopathic Literature. OBJECTIVE: Primary objective: To study if there is any significant difference in the effectiveness of management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus between two groups Group A: Abroma Augusta Ø along with Oral Hypoglycaemic Agents (OHA). Group B: Only OHA. Secondary objective: To evaluate the changes in the HbA1c level in Type 2 DM patients after the intervention of Abroma Augusta Ø. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 46 subjects of Type II DM were included in the study based on convenience sampling following inclusion and exclusion criteria. This was pre-test and post-test study of HbA1c of patients for 6 months, along with FBS. Intervention of Abroma Augusta Ø was made along with their regular OHA. The data was statistically analyzed using unpaired‘t’ test RESULT: Table value of t for 45 degrees of freedom is 2.02 at 5% (0.05) level of significance. Calculated value of t = 2.48 is greater than the table value at 5% level of significance. After the study we saw that Abroma Augusta Ø along with OHA was more effective in reducing the symptoms of the patient as compared to oral hypoglycaemic agents alone. CONCLUSION: According to the study, we conclude that Abroma Augusta Ø along with OHA is effective in reducing HbA1c of type 2 DM patients