02133nas a2200253 4500008004100000245013200041210006900173260001900242300001200261490000600273520137200279653001301651653001601664653001301680653001201693653001601705100001701721700002401738700001601762700002001778700002401798700001601822856004101838 2013 eng d00aA Prospective Single Arm Open Pilot Trial to Study the Antioxidant Property of Ayurvedic Massage Therapy in Healthy Individuals0 aProspective Single Arm Open Pilot Trial to Study the Antioxidant cSeptember 2013 a121-1250 v23 a

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.

10aAbhyanga10aAntioxidant10aAyurveda10aMassage10aPanchakarma1 a.J.Malagi, K1 aH, Shripathi, Adiga1 aRao, Anjali1 aShenoy, Revathi1 aKamath, Madhusudhan1 aDevi, Sapna uhttps://ijphs.org/article/2013/2/4-3