Awareness and Utilization Pattern of Unani Medicine in India: A Systematic Review by Asim Ali Khan, Aanchal Anant Awasthi, Shazina Saeed, Shagufta Parveen, Jugal Kishore, Rajiv Janardhanan, W Selvamurthy

“…Thirteen studies conducted on awareness or utilization patterns, which exclusively represented data on Unani medicine and not Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH) in general, were included in the present systematic review. …”
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Review of Nano-Chitosan Based Drug Delivery of Plant Extracts for the Treatment of Breast Cancer by Rajagopal, Vidhya, Rajathurai, Shailaja, Parthasarathy, Kannabiran, Jolius, Gimbun, Ramakrishnan, Praveen, Ramakrishnan, Ram Prasath, Ranganathan, Balu

“…Alternative system of medicine and an effective mode of drug delivery is a major part of ongoing cancer research. Traditional Siddha literature refers to cancer as "Putru"and elucidates the use of extracts from various plant parts for the treatment of cancer. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Yoga in Rural and Urban India, KAPY 2017: A Nationwide Cluster Sample Survey by Amit S Mishra, Rajesh SK, Vadiraja HS, Raghuram Nagarathna, Akshay Anand, Himshikha Bhutani, Madhava Sai Sivapuram, Amit Singh, Hongasandra Ramarao Nagendra

“…The data were collected from a national survey conducted under the <i>Niyantrit Madhumeh Bharat</i> (NMB) program initiated by The Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy (AYUSH), Government of India, from all major zones of the country. …”
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Biological Activity of Cyclic Peptide Extracted from <i>Sphaeranthus amaranthoides</i> Using De Novo Sequencing Strategy by Mass Spectrometry for Cancer by Swarnalatha Yanamadala, Sivakumar Shanthirappan, Sidhika Kannan, Narendran Chiterasu, Kumaran Subramanian, Lamya Ahmed Al-Keridis, Tarun Kumar Upadhyay, Nawaf Alshammari, Mohd Saeed, Guru Prasad Srinivasan, Rohini Karunakaran

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Impact of AYUSH interventions on COVID-19: a protocol for a living systematic review and meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Kim Sungchol, Anup Thakar, Kalpesh Panara, Mandip Goyal, Ritu Kumari

“…Many clinical studies from the Indian system of Traditional Medicines [Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)] have been carried out to find appropriate solutions. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Pharmacovigilance among Ayurveda Doctors Practicing in Wardha, Maharashtra, India: A Cross-sectional Study by Ishita Sirsikar, Bharat Rathi, Renu Rathi, Amol Deshpande

“…Considering the consequence of this area, the Ministry of AYUSH has introduced a Pharmacovigilance programme for Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homeopathy (ASU&H) drugs. Every Ayurveda Practitioner’s (AP) immense responsibility is to detect and report ADR. …”
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Therapeutic Potential of Traditional Indian Herbal Medicine in COVID-19: A Narrative Review by Snigdha Singh, Danish Javed, Sukhes Mukherjee, Rishabh Mittal, Nidhi Chourasia, Amit Agrawal, Ashwin Kotnis

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African natural medicine: Toward a health preservation theory and systematization model for clinical application by Hlupheka Chabalala, Motlalepula Matsabisa, Nceba Gqaleni

“…This is evident in ancient Traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic (Siddha) medical systems, which are integrated into national health systems of China and India respectively. …”
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Vateria indica (Linn) resin based ointment for the topical treatment of Radiation-Induced burns in cancer patients by Mehdi Ali Mirza, Masihul Hasan, Satrasala Ramesh, Mohammed Rafiq H. Siddiqui, Merajuddin Khan, Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Mujeeb Khan

“…An ointment was prepared using the resin Sarja rasa (Ayurveda)/Vellaikungiliyam (Siddha)/Raal (Unani). A correlation between topical damage in RT patients and cellular dimensions was established. …”
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Nephroprotective effect of ethanolic extract of Azima tetracantha root in glycerol induced acute renal failure in Wistar albino rats by Venugopala Rao Konda, Ruckmani Arunachalam, Madhavi Eerike, Ramesh Rao K, Arun Kumar Radhakrishnan, Lakshmipathy Prabhu Raghuraman, Vinayak Meti, Sobita Devi

“…The gravity of the impact of renal failure on human health is well known and as there is no specific pharmacotherapy for renal failure, the current study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of root extract of Azima tetracantha, an ancient medicinal plant used in Siddha and Ayurvedhic systems of medicine. The experiment was done in glycerol-induced acute renal failure in Wistar albino rats. …”
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Weeds as alternative useful medicinal source: Mimosa pudica Linn. on diabetes mellitus and its complications by Tunna, Tasnuva Sarwar, Ahmed, Qamar Uddin, Helal Uddin, A.B.M., Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam

“…This plant has various species of which M. pudica is a well recognised plant of medicinal origin which has been traditionally used as folk medicine in India, Bangladesh and Philippine, Chinese, herbal and siddha medicines. It has wound healing, antidiabetic, anti-diarrhoeal, antimicrobial, anti-cancer, anti-infections, anti-worm, anti-proliferative, anti-snake venom, anti-depressant and anxiolytic etc. activities. …”
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Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Traditional Antimalarial and Antidengue Plants: A Mechanistic Perspective by Chinnaperumal Kamaraj, Chinnasamy Ragavendran, Pradisha Prem, Selvam Naveen Kumar, Amir Ali, Abeer Kazmi, Abd Ullah, Rajappan Chandra Satish Kumar, Safir Ullah Khan, Juan Pedro Luna-Arias, Zia-Ur-Rehman Mashwani, Govindhasamy Balasubramani, Saif Ur Rehman

“…Traditional Indian medical systems such as Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani, with a history of successful outcomes, highlight the potential of these methodologies. …”
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A survey of the training and working arrangements of general practitioners providing asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care in a rural area of Maharashtra State by Dhiraj Agarwal, Makrand Ghorpade, Pam Smith, Sanjay Juvekar, Hilary Pinnock

“…Eighty-four percent of GPs from the private sector only had Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) qualifications, though >90% provided “modern medicine” services. …”
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Use of Doppler indices in prediction of Acute Fetal Hypoxia – Proposed Staging System by P.T. Jadhav, Rajani Jadhav, Kartik Jadhav, Thilotama Naidu, J.V. Mundewadi, Nitin Tikare

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Fear of COVID 19 Infection Across Different Cohorts: A Scoping Review by Shalini Quadros, Shalini Garg, Rupesh Ranjan, Guruprasad Vijayasarathi, Mohammed A. Mamun, Mohammed A. Mamun

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Pharmacologically active herbal remedies against atherosclerosis, characterization and DoE based marker quantification by densitometry, and cell based assays on THP-1 cell lines by Rayadurgam Sireesha, Manikandan Krishnan, Muhammad Sadiq, Munuswamy Ramanujam Ganesh, Chinnaperumal Kamaraj, Naiyf S. Alharbi, Muthu Thiruvengadam

“…The primary cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly in the industrialized nations, continues to be atherosclerosis. Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani systems of medicine, among other traditional medical systems, utilize polyherbal compositions. …”
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Biosynthesis of PbO nanoparticles via Adhatoda vesica (Justicia adhatoda) leaves extract for antimicrobial and photocatalytic applications by S. Logambal, M. Chandrasekar, R. Ashok Kumar, C. Inmozhi, S. Aravindan, R. Uthrakumar, Suresh Naveenkumar, Azhaguchamy Muthukumaran, K. Kaviyarasu

“…The research is focused on focusing on environmental pollution control and treatment of different diseases such as asthma, bronchitis, tuberculosis, and other diseases through applications of Ayurveda, Siddha, Homeopathy, and Unani. A study based on these findings revealed that Adhatoda vesica (Justicia adhatoda) leaves extract can be utilized as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative to producing lead oxide nanoparticles.…”
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Anticancer Studies of Aqueous Extract of Roots and Leaves of Pandanus Odoratissimus f. ferreus (Y. Kimura) Hatus: An In Vitro Approach by Gunti Gowtham Raj, Hyma Sara Varghese, Sarita Kotagiri, B.M. Vrushabendra Swamy, Archana Swamy, Rafi Khan Pathan

“…A number of medicinal plant extracts are being used against various diseases in different systems of medicine such as Ayurveda, Unani, and Siddha, but only a few of them have been scientifically explored. …”
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Ficus benghalensis L. (Moraceae): A review on ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry and pharmacological activities by Rajan Logesh, Saravanan Vivekanandarajah Sathasivampillai, Sujarajini Varatharasan, Soundararajan Rajan, Niranjan Das, Jitendra Pandey, Hari Prasad Devkota

“…Regarding traditional uses, various plant parts of F. benghalensis were found to be used in Ayurveda, Siddha and other traditional medicine systems in South Asia. …”
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Evaluation and comparison of antibacterial efficacy of different concentrations of Chhattisgarh herbal product—Terminalia chebula fruit extract in opposition to Enterococcus faecal... by Shivani Deepak Doye, Manjunath Malur, Yogesh Sahu, Ankita Singh, Praveen Mishra, Roshan Noor Mohamed, Mohmed Isaqali Karobari

“…Terminalia chebula is among the most significant medicinal plants in ayurvedic, siddha, unani, and homeopathic remedies. It is ranked first in Ayurvedic material medicine. …”
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