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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2835</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.12165</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Study the Comparative efficacy of Nagakeshara (Mesuaferrea Linn.) and its substitute, Surapunnaga (Ochrocarpuslongifolius Benth. and Hook) in management of internal haemorrhoid&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Wase</surname><given-names>Bhagwat</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Khobragade</surname><given-names>Pramod</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Khandare</surname><given-names>Kiran</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chiwane</surname><given-names>Anjali</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>22</day><month>08</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>6)</volume><issue/><fpage>89</fpage><lpage>98</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Nagakeshara (Mesuaferrea Linn.) is medium-sized to the large evergreen tree of family Guttiferrae. (Syn. Clusiaceae). It is one of the contents of Chaturjataand widely used in many formulations meant for treating raktarsha (bleeding piles), adhoga-raktapitta, etc. It reduces the swelling and pain, shrinks the piles and restricts the bleeding. Surapunnaga (Ochrocarpuslongifolius Benth. and Hook.) also belongs to family Guttiferrae which is commonly distributed in Western Ghats of Konkan, Northern Kanara, Malabar and Coimbatore. The flower buds are also called as Lal Nagakesara and sold in the market as Nagakeshara. This is fragrant, analgesic, very useful in blood diseases such as leucorrhoea, menorrhagia and for controlling bleeding in piles. It also acts as antispasmodic and diuretic. Aim and Objective: Due to scarcity and unavailability of Nagakeshara and lack of awareness, fresh stamens and buds of other plants are used instead of Nagakesharastamens. In Gujarat, Maharashtra and most parts of North India, Surapunnaga is considered as Nagakesharaand sold in the market with name __ampersandsignlsquo;Lal (red)/Ratan Nagakeshara__ampersandsignrsquo;. Therefore identify and authenticate sample of Nagakeshara (MesuaferreaLinn.) and Surapunnaga is important. In the present study, Lal Nagakeshara (O. longifolius) was compared with Nagakeshara(M. ferrea) for its effect on internal haemorrhoids. Method: For this 60 clinically diagnosed patients of internal haemorrhoid were selected and randomly divided into two groups by simple random sampling method. 30 patients were enrolled in each group. Conclusion: The symptoms were relieved in less duration in Nagakesharaas compared to Surapunnaga. Hence it is concluded that powder of stamens of Nagakeshara with proper Anupama is more effective than powder buds of Surapunnaga..&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Nagakeshara</kwd><kwd> Mesuaferrea</kwd><kwd> Surapunnaga</kwd><kwd> Ochrocarpuslongifolius</kwd><kwd> Lal Nagakesara</kwd><kwd> Raktarsha</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
