YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

MY PAPER PRESENTATION IN STATE LEVELSEMINAR ON

PHYTOMEDICINE FOR HUMAN HEALTH CARE AT

PUDUKOTTAI,

INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH,

GOVT OF INDIA,

NEWDELHI.

INTRODUCTION:

Today our topic is about pyto medicine. What is phyto medicine? phyto

medicine is nothing but herbal medicine. Herbal medicine plays an important

role in our routine life. Specific parts of a plants like leaf flower, bulb, root,

rhizome , bark, fruit are dried and powdered for medicinal uses. Herbal

medicine refers to traditional practice, based on the plants. Today phyto

medicines are available as tablets, capsule ,liquid extracts etc.

AIM:

The ultimate goal of this presentation towards

• Improving the knowledge about phyto medicine .
  



• Improving survival age
  



• Reducing the need for interventional procedure.
  



• Improving the quality of life.
  

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

As I am a siddha physician. I choose some of the herbs for

analysis. I select the topic hyperlipidaeamia. Why should I choose

hyperlipidaeamia. In nowadays hyperlipidaemia is one of the common

problems seen in younger Generations. Really it is a threat to many

people. It is due to consuming products rich in saturated fats,

like whole milk dairy products, poultry, and egg yolk, fried foods.

It is one of the main cause of all CAD’s that is coronary artery

disease. We can prevent it, one thing we should remember always

”உணவே மருந்து மருந்தே உணவு”

Low cholesterol diet including low in saturated fat that is fat free diary

products, lean meats, fish, shell fish, skinless poultry, whole grain foods, and

green fruits and vegetables. A simple low-cholesterol diet is a big help to you,

but only if you observe and follow these guidelines regularly.

We all should remember that our health is in our hands.

HOW DANGEROUS CHOLESTEROL IS ?

Fats including cholesterol cannot dissolve in the blood or water. So they bind to the

lipoproteins to travel throughout the body. When there is too much of cholesterol, it

builds upon the arterial wall, causing narrowing of arteries, and impeded the blood flow.

That will cause many problems like heart attack (myocardial infarction), stroke

(hemiplegia), etc.


WHAT IS GOOD CHOLESTEROL? AND WHAT IS BAD CHOLESTEROL?

Lipids in the diet are digested and absorbed in to blood in the form of free fatty acid

and chylomicrons. Chylomicrons are nothing but fat, protein complex. It composed of

protein, phospholipid, cholesterol, triglycerides. Liver plays an important role in fat

metabolism. It breaks the chylomicron and other lipids in to LDL, VLDL, and HDL.


GOOD CHOLESTEROL:

• It does not deposit on the arterial wall.

• Will not block the blood flow

• It will improve the blood flow and reduces the risk of Myocardial infarction and stroke.Ex:HDL

• Mainly present in plant sterols.

BAD CHOLESTEROL :

• It will deposit on the arterial wall .
  
  


• It will block the blood flow.

• It combined with other fats tends to get attached in the inner walls of the
• arteries which will reduce the blood flow and sometimes the cells of the tissues are died due to anoxia and cause heart failure, myocardial infarction,and stroke.Ex:VLDL,LDL,TGL.
  

• Mainly present in animal products

THERAPEUTIC USES OF PHYTOMEDICINES:

Phyto medicines are used in many fields. In medical field it plays an important role. Some of these are

• Anti cancerous action
  



• Anti diabetic
  



• Anti oxidant
  



• Anti cholesterol action
  



• Antiseptic
  



• Antispasmodic
  



• Aphrodisiac
  



• Hepatotonic
  



• Nutrient
  



• Laxative
  



• Haemostatic etc.
  

ANTI CHOLESTEROL EFFECT OF SOME FOOD:

Many food contain anticholesterol effect. Some of these are

• Linseed
  



• Oatmeal
  



• Soyaflour
  



• Corn
  

• Peanut
  



• Kidney bean
  



• Rye
  



• Wheat
  



• Barley
  



• Wheat bread
  



• . Oliveoil
  



• Flax seed oil
  



• Fish oil
  



• Black soyabean.
  

SOME OF THE HERBS CONTAIN ANTI CHOLESTEROL EFFECT:

Many herbs have anticholesterol effects. Some of these are

• Allivum sativa
  



• Avaena sativa
  



• . Brassica oleraceae
  



• Cucurbita pepo
  



• Fagopyrum esculentum
  



• Glicine max
  



• Helianthus anus
  
  



• Phaseolus acutifolius
  



• Pisum sativum
  



• Solanum tuberosum
  



• Triticum aestivum.etc

From the above herbs I choose soya bean and garlic.

ABOUT SOYA AND GARLIC:

GARLIC:

We use garlic in day today life.

• It contains allicin –alkaloid
  



• Allyl propyl disulphide ,ajoene, Diallyldisulphyide,dithiin,Phyticacid,enzymes, vitamin, proteins, minerals, saponins, flavonoids, etc.

Actions :

• Antiseptic
  



• Antibiotic
  



• Antimicrobial
  



• carminative ,
  



• stomachic,
  



• Tonic,
  



• stimulant
  



• Diuretic
  



• Expectorant,
  



• Anthelmintic
  

Uses:

• We can use garlic in many ways .

• Garlic prevents heart diseases, including atherosclerosis, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and cancer.
  

• It is also used for common cold and throat infection.
  

• It is also used to regulate the blood sugar level and to prevent the complication of Diabetes.
  

SOYABEAN:

• Contains Glycine –Amino acid
  



• Six kempferol glycoside
  



• Butanol.
  



• Soybeans also contain isoflavones, genistein, and daidzein and types of phytooestrogen.
  



• It also contain unsaturatsd fattyacid omega-3- fatty acid and a- linolenic acid.
  

USES:

• The kempferol glycoside relaxes the artery rings.
  



• 200 ml of soya drink /day for 8 wk. Before test and after the drink the cholesterol level is noted. There is 7% reduction is noted.
  



• The meta-analysis says that soya protein, significantly decreases in serum cholesterol, LDL(bad cholesterol) and .
  



• Isoflavones content of soyabean will reduce the post menopausal problems in women.
  It is also used to prevent cancers of the breast,uterus or prostate.
  

CONCLUSION :

Herbal medicine cure hypercholesterolaemia and various diseases .Always

prevention is better than cure.So dear colleagues from today itself you start

taking garlic in food. Once again I thank you for Director of the board and

honourable Chair person for given this opportunity.