A clinical trial to study the effects of Yoga based cleansing methods on people suffering from recurrent cold and cough.

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Allergic rhinitis, unspecified, (2) ICD-10 Condition: J309||Allergic rhinitis, unspecified, (3) ICD-10 Condition: J309||Allergic rhinitis, unspecified,

Brief Summary: Allergic rhinitis is very common nowadays making it difficult for the patients to work in their full efficiency during diseased condition it reduces productivity and quality of life. Even being very prevalent in the society it is mostly underdiagnosed till it do not cause other associated problems. There are numbers of methods of alternative medicine to relieve symptoms yogic management is being one of them. Yoga is more holistic because it has components like Kriyas (cleansing techniques), Asana (physical exercise), Pranayama (breathing exercise) and meditation. We are doing this research to find out if Shuddhi Kriya Based Yoga Program is effective for Allergic Rhinitis patients when done properly on Physical, Biochemical and Psychological profile of patients. Previous intervention studies on allergic rhinitis have been using pharmacological agents and have shown high effect sizes. (> 0.7) [give reference], however, in the present study, we plan to use non-pharmacological means (yoga practices and nasal wash technique) and therefore have fixed a conservative estimate of the effect size of 0.5 and with an alpha of 0.5 and power of 0.8 the sample size in each group is calculated to be 26. And considering 20% dropout, we will recruit 30 in each group so the total sample size would be 30+30= 60 no. of Subjects.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Those who clinically diagnosed with Allergic rhinitis, based upon symptoms according to criteria proposed in the â€œInternational Consensus on Diagnosis and Management of Rhinitis (1994)â€: Allergic Rhinitis could be seasonal or perennial, infectious or others.
Those who have typical symptoms of AR including rhinorrhea, sneezing, nasal obstruction for at least 2 previous consecutive years.

Exclusion Criteria

Nasal polyp.
Deviated nasal septum which is not suitable for entry of rubber catheter/Sutra.
Rhinitis medicaments.
Those who are under treatment with Systemic corticosteroid for any other disorder.
Patients receiving immunotherapy within the previous 2 years.
Subject with any history of Epistaxis.
CSF rhinorrhea Hypertension & heart disease, renal disease, hepatic impairments, cancer or other active medical problem.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
TNSS, Anosmia, headache, fatigability and irritability	9th week, 25th week
Changes in the dosage of medication	9th week, 25th week
Biochemical changes- IgE, AEC,ESR	9th week, 25th week
Nasal swab smear test	9th week, 25th week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life Assessment tools -SQI,RQLQ,WPAI: SHP	Clinical Assessment tools-

Locations (1): Morarji Desai Institute of Naturopathy & Yogic Sciences
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Vadodara, GUJARAT, India
Morarji Desai Institute of Naturopathy & Yogic Sciences
🇮🇳Vadodara, GUJARAT, India
Dr Ripudaman singh
Principal investigator
8141092382
drripudaman84@gmail.com