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- Title
A study on the effect of herbally treated non-woven textiles health care products.
- Authors
Ramachandran, T.; Lakshmanan, R.; Natarajan, M.; Karthikeyan, S.
- Abstract
A new effort has been made to understand the impact of herbally treated Non-Woven textiles in relieving pain while used as human health care products. Textiles are indispensable part of human life. Textiles are being used in kitchen to automobile and cover majority of human household articles of consumption. The term "Technical Textiles" was coined in the 1980, to describe the growing variety of products and manufacturing techniques being developed primarily for their technical properties and performance or other aesthetic characteristics. Introduction of Non-woven, not only extended the application of textiles for various industrial usages, it is also for other fields such as medicine healthcare. The alternate medical concepts of siddhas & pandits of our country have invented varieties of medicines using herbs to cure various diseases for the welfare of the human community. All these medicines would cure the diseases when taking them by oral route. Here Viscose non-woven textiles are treated with Herbal recommended by them, using Micro encapsulation / dipping methods and are used as health care products after converting it into required sizes. The effect of these products are analysed with patients who are suffering from pains like headache, joints pains etc., while keeping the products in contact with human skin for relieving pain. The Scope is limited to the health products of head bands, knee bands, wrist band and bands which can be used at elbows.
- Subjects
NONWOVEN textiles in medicine; HERBAL medicine; MICROENCAPSULATION; ANALGESICS; ANALGESIA
- Publication
Man-Made Textiles in India, 2010, Vol 53, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
0377-7537
- Publication type
Article