The Utility Of Boger Boenninghausen’s Characteristics And Repertory In Cases Of Lower Urinary Tract Infection In Women

Background:Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most frequent clinical bacterial infections in women,accounting for nearly 25%of all infections. Around 50–60% of women will develop UTIs in their lifetimes. Present study shows the efficacy of BBCR in cases of Lower Urinary tract infection in women. Objective: To ascertain the role of BBCR Management of lower urinary tract infections. Material and Methods: Purposive Sampling for research purpose will be done. Selection ofthe medicine will be according to concept of Method of Repertorisation given by Dr Boger. Selection ofthe potency and repetition was based on the laws of homoeopathic Posology described in Organon of medicine Result: This study showed a significant relief to women suffering from lower urinary tractinfections. Many patients who were facing difficulty or uneasiness in their day-to day schedule couldattend it with best ability. Conclusion: This study has concluded the great utility of BBCR repertory infinding similimum for cases of LUTI in women.

Preliminary Antimicrobial Study Of Kantakari (solanum Xanthocarpum Schrad & Wendl) By Ditch Plate Technique

Lower Urinary tract Infection (Lower UTI) is the second most common infection in human population. Escherichia coli is one of the microbial strain responsible for lower UTI in most of the cases. Standard antibiotics can control the infection but there is recurrence of episodes in many cases. Constant research is carried out in this field to discover new antimicrobial agents. It is difficult for the microorganisms to acquire resistance to herbs and the polycompounds in them. They may make potential and promising antimicrobial agents references from classical text of Ayurveda suggest Kantakari (Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad & Wendl) to be effective in urinary disorders. The antimicrobial activity of Kantakari was studied invitro in its traditional forms that is Swaras (juice), Kalka (paste) and Chuna (powder) against the strains of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeuriginosa, and Candida albicans. The study was carried out by using ditch plate technique and zones of inhibition were measured and statistically analyzed. It was observed that juice form and paste were more effective than powder form. Escherichia coli strain was found to be sensitive to the juice, paste and powder samples of Kantakari. Klebsiella pneumoniae showed intermediate resistance as compared to other organisms. In conclusion of this study it was found that Kantakari has good antimicrobial potential and must be studied further.

Clinical application evaluation of clinical practice guideline on traditional Chinese medicine therapy alone or combined with antibiotics for uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection / 中国中药杂志

A questionnaire survey of 1 000 clinicians having experience in treating uncomplicated lower urinary tract infections from different levels of hospitals was conducted to mainly evaluate the applicability and effectiveness of clinical application of clinical practice guideline on traditional Chinese medicine therapy alone or combined with antibiotics for uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection(hereinafter referred to as Guideline). The research was conducted with the three-level quality control strictly throughout the process, and the data was real and reliable. The survey's results showed that: most clinicians considered that the Guideline had good clinical applicability. The availability and price of the recommended medicine were moderate. Traditional Chinese medicine had obvious features and advantages in treating lower urinary tract infection for it could reduce the usage of antibiotics and shorten the course of antibiotic application. In the recommendation section, clinicians proposed increasing medication guidance, updating the Guideline timely, as well as increasing treating methods and techniques, strengthen propaganda and promotion, and improve the use of evidence-based methods. In the evaluation of effectiveness, the majority of clinicians agreed that the definition in both traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine and differential diagnosis in the Guideline were accurately described and the basic principle of treatment as well as the treating method of TCM were recommended appropriately. The TCM formulas and Chinese patent medicine had good effect. Some clinicians suggested refining the syndrome differentiation of stranguria. Some clinicians considered that the formulas and herbs recommended in Guideline didn't have obvious effect and some had doubts about the manipulation of fumigation and washing in the part of other methods recommended in Guideline. Moreover, specification and procedure of manipulation of fumigation and washing using herbs and the acupuncture included in characteristic TCM therapy treating uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection remained to be developed.

Standardized Research and Analysis about Integrated Traditional and Western Treatment Programs of Lower Urinary Infection / 浙江中医药大学学报

[Objective] To standardize integrated traditional and western treatment programs of lower urinary infection and evaluate its effect and to insure the safety. [Methods] TCM syndrome type of lower urinary tract infection is divided into Xuelin type, gaolin type, laolin type, qilin type, relin type. Each type col ects separately 60 patients. Every 60 patients are randomly divided into experimental and control groups.The way to treat the patients for the con-trol group must be in accordance with the norms of western medicine treatment of anti-infection. By contrast, the way that the patients from the experi-mental group should be based on the western medicine treatment, simultaneously what is to be emphasized is that the treatment must also be according to Chinese medicine syndrome type plus Chinese herb. The three elements efficacy, cost-effectiveness and security analysis are used to evaluate the differences between the two groups. [Results]The experimental group of relin type and qilin type has no statistical y significant difference in the efficacy of the control group.The efficacy of experimental group of xuelin type, gaolin type and laolin type is better than the control group,and cost-effectiveness ratio has no significant difference.There is no serious adverse reaction. [Conclusion] Screening of lower urinary tract infection patients with blood type, cream drench type, combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine treatment, can improve the curative effect.

Effect of Linghuang Powder for Acute Nonspecific Lower Urinary Tract Infection with Lower-Jiao Damp-Heat Syndrome / 中药新药与临床药理

Objective: To assess the effect of Linghuang powder (LHP) in treating acute nonspecific lower urinary tract infection (ANLUTI) with lower-Jiao damp-heat syndrome and evaluate its safety. Methods: A randomized controlled design was adopted. Four hundred and fourteen patients were allocated to LHP treatment group, control group and open treatment group. Results: The markedly effective rate of short-term treatment with LHP was 71.78%, and the total effective rate was 92.02%, the total rates of improving urine routine and urine bacterium were 95.21% and 79.37% respectively in LHP treatment group. Conclusion:The effect of LHP for ANLUTI with lower-jiao damp-heat syndrome is better than that in the control group (P