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CONTROL ID: 2148895

CURRENT CATEGORY: Immunology, Microbiology & Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

PRESENTATION TYPE: AGA Institute Poster

PRESENTER: Peeyush Bhargava

PRESENTER (E-MAIL ONLY): peeyush_bhargava@yahoo.com

AbstractTITLE: Ayurvedic Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a Pilot Study

AUTHORS (LAST NAME, FIRST NAME): Bhargava, Peeyush

INSTITUTIONS (ALL): 1. Vedic Healing, Shreveport, LA, United States.

ABSTRACT BODY: Introduction: Ayurveda is the ancient Indian system of medicine which recommendslifestyle changes and natural herbal supplement combinations for the treatment of bowel ulcers. In the settingof an internet based practice of Intergative and Holistic Medicine, Ayurvedic methods were offered to patientsdiagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. They continued their Gastroenterologist recommended treatmentwith this approach. Lifestyle recommendations were published on a website and herbal supplements wereprovided to the patients.

Materials and Methods: From 2011 to 2014, 13 (thirteen) patients were consulted. There were 8 males and 5females, with ages ranging from 12 to 62 years. Four (4) patients were diagnosed with Crohn's disease and 9(nine) with ulcerative colitis. Three (3) patients felt better but did not return to refill their herbal supplementsand no follow up data is available on them. Five (5) other patients were lost to follow up or did not showinterest in continuing this treatment. One patient (1) is new to the practice and no feedback available at the thistime. The lifestyle recommendations are posted on this webpage: http://www.vedic-healing.com/web/healing-programs/inflammatory-bowel-disease/. The herbal supplement contains the following 10 herbs: Foeniculum

vulgare, Cyperus rotundus, Glycerhiza glabra, Aegle marmelos, Emblica officinalis, Tinospora cordifolia,

Messua ferrua, Plantago ovata, Withamnia somnifera, and Aloe Vera.

Results: Five patients (5) continued this treatment for an average of 21.8 months (ranging from 4-60 months).Of these, three (3) patients were diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and two (2) with Crohn's disease. Theyreported compliance to the recommeded lifestyle changes to the extent of 68% (ranging from 30-85%). Thereported relief in their symptoms was an average of 84% (ranging from 50 to 100%). None of the patientsreported any adverse effects from taking the herbal supplement.

Conclusion: Lifestyle changes and herbal supplements based on Ayurveda have a promising role in thetreatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Futher studies are needed on a larger population along with scientific

studies to validate the mechanism of action of herbal supplements.

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Disclosure StatusThe following authors have completed their 2015 DDW disclosure: Peeyush Bhargava: Disclosurecompleted

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