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Ayurvedic Health System Approaches to the Globally Burden Health Care Problem of Obesity
(Journal of Biology Agriculture and Healthcare, 2014) Senanayake, W.H.A.P.; Dissanayake, K.G.C.
Overweight and obesity among children and adolescents has emerged as a global epidemic and is becoming a serious public health problem in whole over the world. TO prevention and Cure from the above mentioned problem whole world get an interesting to search about CAM (Complementary & Alternative Medicine) therapy. In order to overcome this problem, an ancient Ayurveda life style methods, ayurveda medical herbs and techniques can be applied with the help of modern techniques. Particularly shown its potential power to deliver significant effect on healthcare of Overweight and Obesity. Ayurveda is an eternal science, deals not only with diseases; but also with way of prevention from the diseases. The guidelines mentioned in Ayurveda about lifestyle, personal and social are very important to overcome from these diseases. Objective of this paper to evaluate prevention of overweight & Obesity can be promoted through Ayurvedic Health System and prevent health burden crisis.
The Effect of Yogic Breathing Technique on Selected Motor Function in Occupational Stress Patients
(Journal of Biology Agriculture and Healthcare, 2014) Dissanayake, K.G.C.; Liyanage, J.A.; Senanayake, W.H.A.P.
Work related psychological stressors are known to affect the body functions through physiological processes, and influence mental health as well as physical health. Yoga is the most emcient non pharmacological measure and scientific method for the prevention and control of mind and all its fluctuations. Therefore, present study was conducted to evaluate motor function responses to one month yogic breathing practices of persons who underwent work related psychological stressors. Twelve female subjects between 25 to 45 years (average 36.2—4.2), who had no history of other major illnesses, were selected for the study. At the initial visit, a detailed medical history and symptomatic evaluation was done. This group had a higher rate of respiration and irregular breath pattern, increased heart rate and slightly elevated blood pressure with symptoms of Stress and anxiety. The heart rate, respiratory rate and pattern, body weight, blood pressure and blood glucose level were recorded. Parameters were mssessed at the beginning and end of the month. These patients showed a significant decrease Of heart rate, respiratory rate, diastolic blood pressure, blood sugar level and body weight and highly significant in increasing baseline breathing holding time. There were significantly reducing various stress symptoms observed after the therapy. These results suggest that the selected breathing technique have a marked stimulating effect on parasympathetic nerve system or relaxing effect on sympathetic nervous system