Clinical trials on ayurveda refers to any clinical trials done on ayurvedic treatment. Ayurveda is a traditional medicine system in India and like other cultural medical practices includes both conventional medicine and also complementary and alternative medicine. When there are clinical trials in ayurveda, the focus tends to be on practices in alternative medicine.
A 2017 essay described that in India, ayurveda is inadequately equipped to manage many modern diseases, owing to insufficient research and development.[1] The essay argued that clinical trials in ayurveda should focus on areas outside the scope of modern medicine.[1]
Also, while there is a short history of clinical research on ayurvedic treatments, there is no existing systematic review available which identifies all the studies and interprets them as a whole.[2]
Educational organizations which teach Ayurveda require training if they are to design clinical trials on ayurvedic treatments.[3]
As of 2016 the Clinical Trials Registry – India contained approximately 200 records of clinical trials on ayurvedic treatments.[4]
List of clinical trials
editOf all the recorded clinical trials, the following treatments are those for which there are meta-analyses of multiple trials:
- Bacopa monnieri for cognitive skill[5]
- Withania somnifera for anxiety[6]
- treatment for osteoarthritis[7]
- Yoga as treatment[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Goyal, M (2017). "Clinical trials in Ayurveda: Issues, challenges and approaches". AYU. 38 (1–2): 1–2. doi:10.4103/ayu.AYU_51_18. PMC 5954257. PMID 29861583.
- ^ Goyal, M (2017). "Need of systematic review of clinical trials in Ayurveda". AYU. 38 (3–4): 95–96. doi:10.4103/ayu.AYU_115_18. PMC 6153911. PMID 30254385.
- ^ Patwardhan, K; Prasad, BS; Aftab, A; Raghunath More, V; Savrikar, SS (2019). "Research orientation in Ayurveda educational institutions: Challenges and the way forward". Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 10 (1): 45–49. doi:10.1016/j.jaim.2018.12.001. PMC 6470304. PMID 30770172.
- ^ Sridharan, K; Sivaramakrishnan, G (2016). "Clinical trials in Ayurveda: Analysis of clinical trial registry of India". Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 7 (3): 141–143. doi:10.1016/j.jaim.2016.08.009. PMC 5052373. PMID 27658912.
- ^ Kongkeaw, Chuenjid; Dilokthornsakul, Piyameth; Thanarangsarit, Phurit; Limpeanchob, Nanteetip; Norman Scholfield, C. (January 2014). "Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on cognitive effects of Bacopa monnieri extract". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 151 (1): 528–535. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2013.11.008. PMID 24252493.
- ^ Pratte, MA; Nanavati, KB; Young, V; Morley, CP (December 2014). "An alternative treatment for anxiety: a systematic review of human trial results reported for the Ayurvedic herb ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)". Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 20 (12): 901–8. doi:10.1089/acm.2014.0177. PMC 4270108. PMID 25405876.
- ^ Kessler, CS; Pinders, L; Michalsen, A; Cramer, H (February 2015). "Ayurvedic interventions for osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Rheumatology International. 35 (2): 211–32. doi:10.1007/s00296-014-3095-y. PMID 25062981. S2CID 4504888.
- ^ Cramer, Holger; Lauche, Romy; Langhorst, Jost; Dobos, Gustav (March 2015). "Are Indian yoga trials more likely to be positive than those from other countries? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials". Contemporary Clinical Trials. 41: 269–272. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2015.02.005. PMID 25705015.