title: A clinical study of parinamasula and its treatment with satavari (asparagus racemosus willd.).
abstract: 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 normal gastric acidity. All the patients were given satawari tuberous root powder 20 gm/day in three divided doses with milk for one month and the results were assessed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kayachikitsa, Institute of medical sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005.
authors.lastname: Bharti
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Maheshwari
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tewari