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According to Ayurveda, Kati Shoola is a disease with pain in lumbar region. Lumbar spondylolisthesis, anterior displacement of a vertebra or the vertebral column in relation to the vertebrae below, is one of the common causes. Current case study was carried out at Ayurveda Teaching hospital, Borella, to evaluate the efficacy of a treatment regimen used by Sri Lankan traditional physician family "Weerasinghe." A 59-year-old female with a 9-month history of lumbar spondylolisthesis was treated with this regimen. The patient had progressive pain in left lower back, right and left buttocks, and difficulty in bending forward over 5°. X-ray of lumbo sacral region indicated that patient was suffering from Grade 3 lumbar spondylolisthesis. She was treated for 65 days with four treatment packages consisting of 13 prepared medicines. The response to the treatment was recorded and therapeutic effects were evaluated through symptomatic relief. Clinical symptoms were significantly reduced and degree of anterior flexion increased from 5° to 90°. However, X-rays indicated that the patient was still suffering from Grade 3 lumbar spondylolisthesis. This regimen is effective in successfully treating Kati Shoola (lumbar spondylolisthesis) by helping to reduce the symptoms and improving the degree of anterior flexion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A Rohini sounding rocket carrying a Langmuir probe was flown from Thumba (8.3°N, 76.9°E), India on 27 November 2005 to study the winter equatorial mesospheric neutral turbulence from electron density measurements. The most important result of this study is the detection of a few thin intermittent turbulent layers of 100-200 m thickness, and this was possible due to the use of the continuous wavelet transform technique. This study shows that the winter turbulence is very weak. Also, the contribution of neutral turbulence process towards heating the mesosphere is significantly less during winter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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