The present work reveals the preliminary phytochemical screening and the study of antimicrobial activities of Costus speciosus (Koen) and Sea Qust. These are medicinal plants of considerable importance. Carbohydrates, Tannins, Steroids, Anthocyanates and Proteins were detected in both plants. Alkaloids, saponines, Anthraquinones were present in Costus speciosus but where absent in Sea Qust. The...

Background and objectives: Traditional medicine could provide a hopeful area of research to mitigate the suffering of patients. “Qust” is one of the medicinal plants that are mentioned in Persian Medicine (PM) for treatment of neurological diseases. There is diversity within the scientific name of “Qust” in different references. Some have introduced Saussur...

Background and objective: Medicinal oils are one of the most common and special dosage forms in oral and topical therapies of Persian medicine (PM). The oil of Saussurea costus (bitter qust) root is prominent topical oil with different applications in PM. In this study, the oil of bitter qust was prepared according to ancient Persian medical texts. Methods:</st...

Antinematodal efficacy of Saussurea lappa roots (Qust-e-Shereen) and anticestodal effect of Nigella sativa seeds (Kalonji) was studied in children infected naturally with the respective worms. The activities were judged on the basis of percentage reductions in the faecal eggs per gram (EPG) counts. The 50 mg/kg single dose of S. lappa and equivalent amount of its methanolic extract produced on ...

Hemiplegia is complete or nearly complete paralysis on one side of the body. Hemiplegia constitutes the main somatoneurological disorder in about 90% of patients with stroke. Its incidence increases markedly with advancing age. The objective of the study was to enable individual patients to achieve their full potential and to maximize the benefits from dalak (massage), riyazat (exercise) and Un...

The hyperspectral image (HSI) super-resolution reconstruction has attracted much attention and been used widely in various study fields due to its low requirements on hardware practice. However, most of the studies apply one strategy for images with varying complexity spatial information. This is not conducive improvement Image processing efficiency extraction complex details. Given above, a ne...

Neben verstärkten industriellen Kontakten zwischen der westlichen Welt und China nimmt auch die Zusammenarbeit in Forschung und Lehre für beide Seiten eine immer wichtiger werdende Stellung ein. Es muss sich auf das Feld der Wissensorganisation und des Lernens bezogen der Herausforderung gestellt werden, unterschiedlichste Lernund Arbeitsstile, kulturelle Hintergründe und vor allem Strukturen d...

Objectives: To determine the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of an aqueous extract of Costus speciosus (C. speciosus) rhizome in pediatric and adult patients suffering from acute pharyngitis and tonsillitis as an alternative to antibiotics use. Methods: This pilot cohort trial was conducted at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia between May and December 2014, among 15 patients with acu...