Bisht L S, Brindavanam N B, Kimothic P
Maharishi Centre for Medical Microbiology & Environmental Health, Maharishi Nagar (Noida) 201 304, U. P. India.
Anc Sci Life. 1988 Oct;8(2):125-32.
The study assess some herbal agents used for fumigations as listed in Ayurvedic literature for various applications. Here coarse powder of 19 freshly collected and dried herbal agents were used for fumigating a room of about 594 cu .ft. volume. Air samples were collected using Nutrient Agar plates just before , 15 minutes and 45 minutes after fumigation from both ground and top. Assessment of the agent was done by means of colony counts after incubation of air samples . In relation to Formaline (disinfection by 100%) all the herbal agents have reduced the microbial colony counts in air samples considerably. Five agents were markedly effective in destroying micro-organisms in ground samples while the rest have disinfected significantly the top samples. Potent disinfection was seen with "Devadāru" and in line "Apamārga" stands second while "Sarsapa" has reduced aeroganic micro-organisms.
该研究评估了阿育吠陀文献中列出的用于各种熏蒸用途的一些草药制剂。这里使用19种新鲜采集并干燥的草药制剂的粗粉对一个体积约为594立方英尺的房间进行熏蒸。在熏蒸前、熏蒸后15分钟和45分钟，从地面和顶部使用营养琼脂平板采集空气样本。空气样本培养后通过菌落计数对制剂进行评估。与福尔马林（100%消毒）相比，所有草药制剂都显著降低了空气样本中的微生物菌落计数。有五种制剂在破坏地面样本中的微生物方面效果显著，而其余制剂对顶部样本有明显的消毒作用。“檀香木”显示出强效消毒效果，“刺蒺藜”位居第二，而“黑芥子”减少了空气中的微生物。
