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Herbal Nutritional Supplement for
Autism -ATCare
What can parents expect and when
(varies with age and pre-treatment diagnosis):
Below are some of the most common advancements seen
so far:
- Improvement in day-to-day activity
of the child.
- The main improvements noted are:
- Language: Develop monosyllabic language
skills.
- Personal Social: Interest in social
surroundings. Improved attention span. Response
to verbal commands.
- Improved self-help skills: Bathing,
Eating etc.
- Improved performance in school
- Mixing with peers and doing
group activities.
Known side-effects and specific
Instructions on use:
The fact that it improves the cerebral
perfusion, therefore it should not be used in children
suffering from convulsive disorders. No other adverse
effect has been noted so far over a period of 17
years in about 600 patients.
- Herbal Supplement
should not be used for those who have or are prone
to convulsive disorders.
- Herbal Supplement is not advisable
for children less then 1½ years of age
(or till the child starts getting some solid food).
Exception to this can be made on review of the
medical history on case by case basis.
- No brain stimulants either in form
of drug (e.g. Pseudoephedrine) or in form of eatables
should be administered for the duration of taking
the supplement e.g. tea, coffee, coca, chocolates,
beverages etc. Other restricted eatable are Jaggery
and mango products.
What
action to take based on various changes observed:
Herbal Supplement should be administered
and parents should report the changes to modify
the dosage in consultation with us. If the child
is currently on any other theraphy, that should
be reported to evaluate if the supplement will complement
the ongoing therapy and make learning much faster.
Scientific Validation:
This paper on ATCare was presented
in the V International Conference of Pediatrics
held at Jaipur in India in 1999 by Dr.
SK Gupta. This paper represents the part of
the work relating only to SPECT HMPAO study. This
work has shown promising results in cases of Mental
Retardation and Autism.
Conventional therapies mainly based on physiotherapy
and early intervention therapy is of help with rather
slow improvement. Treatment of Autism using ATCare,
remarkable clinical improvement have been observed.
Information on ingredients of ATCare is available
in Ayurvedic & ICMR literature (As given above).
The ingredients also appear in the list of approved
herbs by FDA.
Other
Supporting Information:
- Product has been tested as per WHO standards.
Data to substantiate the claim is available for
review.
- Safety data for the product is also available
for review.
- In vitro data is also available to support the
product.
- Heavy metal testing data is available as quality
assurance documents.
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