An uncontrolled, open label clinical study was done on twenty-one smear
positive patients of Plasmodium vivax malaria. High solid content deflocculated suspension
of Piper nigrum and Nyctanthes arbortristis was given to patients after their enrollment
in study. Vital signs and symptoms of malaria as body temperature, chilly felling/rigors,
headache, body ache, nausea/vomiting and anemia were recorded before treatment, after
first and second week of treatment. Improvement in condition was recorded as shifting
of gradation in signs of malaria. Decrease in increased body temperature was recorded
at the end of first week of treatment (P
Key words: Polyherbal formulation, Plasmodium vivax, Antimalarial medicine,
Piper nigrum, Nyctanthes arbortristis, Medicinal plants.
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