Effectiveness of Ayurvedic nutritious therapy in prevention and management of malnutrition, illness reduction and health improvement of mothers and children.

Dr Ashok D Rathod; Bharat Masal; Dr Anil Nandode; Bhyagyashree Chounde

Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2019

Effectiveness of Ayurvedic nutritious therapy in prevention and management of malnutrition, illness reduction and health improvement of mothers and children.

Dr Ashok D Rathod, Bharat Masal, Dr Anil Nandode, Bhyagyashree Chounde

Abstract :

Introduction–According to UNICEF, India is at no one in the 10th spot among countries with the highest number of underweight children, and at the 17th spot for the highest number of stunted children in the world. Nearly half of all deaths in children under 5 are attributable to under nutrition, translating into the loss of about 3 million young lives a year. It is of the 48 hours after birth is most crucial period, with quality health care throughout pregnancy and child birth, many these deaths could be prevented, adequate eastfeeding help to reduces child malnutrition, infection, diabetes, obesity .and etc. WHO has launched maternal death and surveillance and response (MDSR), a key strategy for reducing preventable maternal morsstality. In this study we used Ayurvedic nutritious therapy as a preventive care which helps to improve digestion, rejuvenation, immunity, srotasakarya–saptadhatu vridhhi and work on medicament requirement and need as per the type, age of the beneficiary as well as area and atmosphere according to Ayurveda and epidemical deseases. It is also similar to the MNT (medicament nutritious therapy) guidelines provided by WHO for the management of malnutrition. This study was conducted with the objective to evaluate its effect on illness due to decreased in immunity level, nutritional grade and weight on children less than 6 years of age along with change in haemoglobin level in 3 years to 6 years of age group. Second objective was to evaluate its effect on change in the weight haemoglobin and immunity level of eastfeeding mother and in pregnant women. Methodology– By simple random sampling, 1035 cases and 1019 controls from age group 0 to 6 years of age children, for eastfeeding mother 186 cases and 153 controls and for pregnant women 234 cases and 102 controls were selected after taking all required permission from all concern department of Maharashtra government. Data was analysed. In results we find significant increase in weight and thereby increase in nutritional grade in cases of 0 to 6 years of children. Increased in weight was found in 97.1% cases and 82.8% control. 40% cases show increased level on nutritional as compared to 8.4% of controls. Haemoglobin level was significantly increased (91%) in cases as compared to control (36.51%). This nutritious therapy was also useful in eastfeeding and pregnant women for increasing in weight and haemoglobin level in them. Conclusion– This low cost highly effective verified Ayurvedic nutritious therapy can be used with daily food of children as therapeutic supplementary as improvement in digestion and rejuvenation as it is proved to be effective in increasing the weight, haemoglobin level nutritional grade level and immunity which help in minimize frequently illness in these children, in pregnant women and in lactating mothers