Twenty cases of parinamasula (duodenal ulcer) were selected for the clinical study. The patients were diagnosed on the basis of barium meal, X-ray and gastric analysis in addition to the clinical history and physical examination. All the cases were ulcer positive or with duodenal bulb deformity. Group A (15cases) was having hyperchlorhydria and hyperacidity and group B (5cases) was having norma...

A total of 36 patients of Amlapitta were selected for the clinical study. Vasa was given to 20 of them having hyperacidity and hyperchlorhydria. The patients were mainly of Urdhvaga Amlapitta. A symptomatic improvement was observed in the patients. Udgara and Vamana were considered as the presenting features of Amlapitta. A 60 ml syrup of dry leaves of Vasa (30 gm crude drug) was given to each ...

Introduction.?In a paper on the gastric acidity in cholera convalescents Pasricha and others (1940) found that 36 per cent of cases had achlorhydria, 52 per cent a low acid content, and 12 per cent a normal curve; none had hyperchlorhydria or even a high normal curve. They made three suggestions for the cause of this low acidity in their series, namely (a) that it might be the result of acute g...

Measurement of the gastric acid secretion is useful for estimating the risk for various diseases in the upper gastro-intestinal tract; however, the procedure causes significant distress to the subjects. Pepsinogens I and II are secreted from the gastric fundic glands, and thus, the serum pepsinogen levels reflect the gastric functional statuses. The aim of this study is to establish appropriate...

The number of G- and D-cells per area and the ratio of G/D-cells were investigated in biopsy specimens of the pyloric antrum from normochlorhydric subjects without peptic ulcer, from patients with duodenal ulcer, gastrinoma, pernicious anaemia, and after selective proximal vagotomy. Compared with normochlorhydric subjects antral G-cell density was significantly raised in pernicious anaemia, unc...