International Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences, 2013, 2, 4, 121-125.
Published: September 2013
Type: Short Communication
Authors: K.J.Malagi, Shripathi Adiga H, Anjali Rao, Revathi Shenoy, Madhusudhan Kamath, and A. Sapna Devi
Author(s) affiliations:
K.J.Malagi1, Shripathi Adiga H2*, Anjali Rao3, Revathi Shenoy4, Madhusudhan Kamath2, A. Sapna Devi5
1Associate Professor, 2Assistant Professor, Department of Ayurveda, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, India.
3Professor, 4Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, India.
5Tutor, Department of Biochemistry, Jawaherlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, Manipur, Imphal, India.
Abstract
Ayurveda, the kernel of the ancient Indian wisdom, reckons abhyanga as a daily regimen owing to its univocal properties like jaraapaha (~delaying ageing process) pushtirit (nourishing), shramahara (removing tiredness) pushtya-yu (~ bestowing longevity) etc. Hence, this study was envisioned to show the antioxidant property of abhyanga on healthy individuals. Recruited voluntary healthy individuals both male and female between eighteen to seventy years of age were given Ayurvedic oil massage with simple gingili oil every day in empty stomach for forty five minutes for a period of seven days. The fasting blood samples of the subjects were collected before and after the study. The study was explicated utilizing the method of Koracevic et al method for the determination of total antioxidant status (TAS) and spectrophotometric method for accomplishing the thiol assay. The mean value with respect to the TAS was 0.88 before the treatment and 0.92 after the treatment and that of thiol was 317.39 and 311.66 before and after the therapy respectively. In TAS, p- value was 0.016 which is < 0.05 and there was a decrease in serum thiols which was not statistically significant. However, the study establishes the antioxidant property of abhyanga and necessitates further comprehension of the same.