Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Full moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the moon is illuminated completely as seen from the earth Across the centuries many a person has attered the phrase, 'there must be a full moon out there' in an attempt to explain weird happening at night.Even today many people think the mystical power of full moon induce erratic behavior, psychiatric, hospital admission, suicide, homicide, sleep pattern, birth of baby, emergency room call, traffic accident and all manners of strange events.The main objective of this review is to find out the effect of full moon on different aspect of human health.The study was undertaken Kumudini Women's Medical College, Bangladesh during the period between June 2016 to May 2017.Here we summarized the literature of 33 trials collected from secondary sources like Pub Med, Goggle Scholar and other different articles through online searching.The coverage of the study was effect of full moon on cardiovascular system, endocrine system, on behavior, on reproductive system, on behavior system of human being.The ultimate result of this review in maximum cases no significant changes observed in human health.In spite of these findings there is further scope for elaborate study on this aspect.
DOI: 10.36876/smjbb.1007
Authors: Anannya Roy, Tonmoy Biswas, Ajit Kumar Roy
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2991397286