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Homeopathy Vs Ayurveda

Ayurveda and Homeopathy are two streams of natural remedies that are the mainstay of alternative as well as holistic medicine. Homeopathic medicine is known more for its use of ‘atomized or potential’ remedies. The remedial measures are well developed but there is specific lack of holistic approach toward lifestyle and dietary factors.

Ayurveda And Homeopathy – The Basic Concepts:
There is some basic difference in the principles of ayurvedic medicine and homeopathic medicine. Though the fundamental principle of homeopathic medicine is utilized in ayurvedic medicine many times but this approach is still originally and innovatively used in homeopathy.

Homeopathy is based on the principle ‘similia simillibus currentaer’. It simply means that similar medicine treats similar disorders. Each homeopathic remedy possesses its own unique profile of symptoms. It is like that every homeopathic remedy is a character with individual features. A homeopathic doctor should be able to be as familiar with these remedies just like a family member or a friend.

In the ayurvedic medicine, there are six basic approaches with which food, medicine and lifestyle can be utilized to deal with various disorders. The Homeopathic approach of treating the similar with similar is just one among them.

Ayurveda And Homeopathy – The Remedial Measures:
There is tremendous similarity in the various remedies of both ayurveda and homeopathy. Most of the remedies are derived from plants, minerals and animal kingdom. Many of the names are same in both systems of natural remedies.

Ayurveda And Homeopathy – What is the Form Of Medicine and how are the Remedies Prepared?
Ayurvedic medicine is mostly crude. Herbs and minerals are used in crude form after their purification and after enhancing their bio availability.
In Homeopathy, remedies are used in potentate and subtle form. There are various potencies of remedies ranging from mother tincture or zero to one million. Mother tincture is the basic formulation where crude herb or mineral is dissolved in alcohol.

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What is Diabetes Insipidus ?

Diabetes Insipidus is a rare disorder, resulting in excessive thirst and excessive passage of very dilute urine, due to a hormone deficiency in the pituitary gland, which is situated at the base of the brain.
Diabetes Insipidus results from a decreased production of antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin), the hormone that normally prevents the kidney from producing too much urine. Children with DI may be irritable or listless and may have fever, vomiting, or diarrhea. Milder forms of DI can be managed by drinking enough water, usually between 2 and 2.5 liters a day. DI severe enough to endanger a person’s health is rare.

Signs & Symptoms :
- Excessive thirst that is difficult to satisfy.
- Passage of large amounts (up to 15 quarts a day) of diluted, colorless urine.
- Dehydration, leading to rapid heart rate, low blood pressure and shock.
- Constipation.
- Mild cases may present with unremitting enuresis (bed-wetting).

Risk Factors :
- Brain tumor or pituitary gland tumor.
- Head Injury
- Infections such as meningitis, encephalitis, tuberculosis.
- Sarcoidosis
- Family history of diabetes insipidus.
- Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries).

Diabetes Insipidus is not the same as diabetes mellitus (“sugar” diabetes). Diabetes Insipidus resembles diabetes mellitus because the symptoms of both diseases are increased urination and thirst. However, in every other respect, including the causes and treatment of the disorders, the diseases are completely unrelated.

There are four (4) fundamentally different types of Diabetes Insipidus(DI). Each has a different cause and must be treated in a different way. These four forms are:
- Neurogenic, also known as central, hypothalamic, pituitary or neurohypophyseal, is caused by a deficiency of the antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin.
- Nephrogenic, also known as vasopressin-resistant is caused by insensitivity of the kidneys to the effect of the antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin.
- Gestagenic, also known as gestational is also caused by a deficiency of the antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin, that occurs only during pregnancy.
- Dipsogenic, a form of primary polydipsia is caused by abnormal thirst and the excessive intake of water or other liquids.

How do you test for diabetes insipidus?
Usually your doctor will check your urine to see how much water is in it. He or she may also check your blood. Your doctor may give you a “water deprivation” test. During this test, you aren’t allowed to drink any liquids. The staff will weigh you, check your urine and blood every hour for several hours. If the results of the test show that you have diabetes insipidus, you will probably also have pictures taken of your brain with a CT (computed tomographic) scan or an MRI (magnetic resonance image).

Medications:
- Vasopressin or desmopressin acetate, modified synthetic forms of antidiuretic hormone, may be taken as a nasal spray several times a day, to maintain a normal urine output. However, taking too much of this medication can cause fluid retention and swelling and other problems.
- Sometimes diabetes insipidus can be controlled with drugs that stimulate production of antidiuretic hormone such as chlorpropamide, carbamazepine, clofibrate.

Diet: No special diet. Drink as much water as you feel you need.

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