PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF POLYHERBAL SIDDHA FORMULATION-NILAVEMBU KUDINEER AGAINST COMMON VIRAL FEVERS INCLUDING DENGUE – A CASE-CONTROL APPROACH
Nilavembu Kudineer, a Siddha Polyherbal formulation, is a decoction concentrate widely used in Siddha Medicine to combat major type(s) of fevers including viral origin such as Dengue. Methodology: Study type: Prospective case-control with Retrospective data collection. Study Setting: National Institute of Siddha – it is a central Government Siddha Hospital, located at Chennai, Tamil Nadu and considered as an apex Institute for Siddha Medicine in India. Study Subjects: Patients reported at OPD. Inclusion Criteria: Fever patients with clinical symptoms of viral fever and / or Thrombocytopenia as “Cases”. Patients without symptoms of viral fever but age-sex matched with case-subject as “Controls”. A person who has consumed minimum 5 days of Nilavembu Kudineer was considered as Nilavembu consumed person. Exclusion Criteria: Malarial fever, Enteric fever, Filarial fever, Sepsis, Leptospirosis etc. Sample size: 176 cases and 352 controls. Study period: 4 months. Statistical tools: Odds Ratio, Conditional Logistic regression. Results: The odds of Nilavembu Kudineer consumed persons for developing viral related fever was 0.24 (CI: 0.13 to 0.45) which was statistically...
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