Résumé
La yagya-thérapie est une ethnothérapie dérivée de la science védique, capable d’administrer de la plante médicinale par voie respiratoire. Des poudres sèches de remèdes ethnobotaniques subissent une volatilisation, une sublimation et une autre transformation chimique dans le processus de chauffage et de combustion lent et contrôlé de la yagya. Les patients inhalent le remède de phytothérapie sous forme d’huiles essentielles, et les substances vaporeuses et gazeuses volatiles sont ainsi libérées. Nous avons conduit récemment des recherches cliniques et pharmacocinétiques dans cette thérapie alternative (J Biol Syst 14 (2006) 463–89; Alter Comp Ther 10 (2004) 101–5). Ces recherches pionnières dans ce domainemontrent qu’il existe un potentiel intéressant dans ce domaine de phytothérapie inhalatrice. Dans le présent article, nous dressons la liste des substances phytochimiques libérées dans le processus yagya et leur activité antibactérienne, spécifiquement antituberculeuse. Nous montrons les résultats d’expérimentations in vitro sur le germe Mycobacterium avium qui croît sur du crachat de patients qui donne un test par culture aux bacilles acidoalcoolorésistants ([AFB]-culture test positif). Les échantillons expérimentaux sont ceux traités par méthode yagya. Les lots de témoins sont ceux mis en incubation de la même manière, mais ne sont soumis à aucun traitement. Les résultats montrent que dans le groupe expérimental, la croissance du mycobacterium est de moins 75 % en moyenne en comparaison au lot de témoins. Il est important de préciser que les expériences, conduites avec uniquement une combustion de bois, sans introduction de plante médicinale, montrent une réduction de 15 %.
Abstract
Yagya-therapy is an ethnotherapy derived from the Vedic Sciences, which enables pulmonary administration of plant medicines. Selected dry powders of ethnobotanical medicines undergo volatilization, sublimation and other chemical transformation in the controlled and slow heating and combustion process of yagya. Patients inhale the phytomedicine in essential oils, vaporous and volatized gaseous output released thereby. We had recently conducted clinical and pharmacokinetic studies on this alternate therapy (J Biol Syst 14 (2006) 463–89; Alter Comp Ther 10 (2004) 101–5). These pioneering investigations showed excellent potential of this mode of phytomedicine inhalation therapy. In the present paper, we list the phytochemicals released in the process of yagya and their antibacterial (esp. anti-tubercular) activities. We show the results of in vitro experiments on Mycobacterium avium tubercular cultures grown on the sputum of patients who tested positive for acid-fast bacilli (AFB)-culture test. The experimental samples are those treated by yagya-products. The controls are those incubated under the same conditions but not treated with anything. The results show that on an average the growth of mycobacterium is lesser by about 75% in the experimental group as compared to the control. Importantly, the experiments conducted by burning only wood, i.e. without any ethnobotanical sacrifices in the fire, show only up to 15% reduction.
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Raghuvanshi, M., Pandya, P. & Joshi, R.R. Examen in vitro d’une thérapie inhalatrice ethnobotanique (yagya-thérapie) contre la tuberculose pulmonaire. Phytothérapie 7, 243–249 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10298-009-0413-8
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Mots clés
- Plantes médicinales indiennes
- Thérapie par inhalation yagya
- Tuberculose pulmonaire
- Traitement in vitro du mycobacterium