Abstract

A PILOT STUDY ON SHARADRUTU KALIK TRIVRIT CHURNA IN OVER WEIGHT PATIENTS

Devyani Sanghani*, Sangeeta H. Toshikhane, Mahesh M. P. and Shikha Desai

Abstract

Obesity is one in every of the foremost difficult health problems within the gift situation, that has nearly taken the form of a plague and affected the developed moreover because the developing nations across the world. Obesity exposes an individuals’ susceptibility to many diseases which can have an effect on multiple systems. Recent study 8- dies victimisation Indian specific criteria for overweight (BMI > 23), Obesity (BMI > 25), and abdominal Obesity (WC > 90 cm in men and >80 cm in women) have found the prevalence rates among Asian Indians surpassing those within the U.S.A. population. Sthoulya (Obesity) is listed in the classics under the Santarpanajanya Vikar and in the Bahudoshavastha condition. Acharya Charaka has quoted Ati-Sthaulya under the eight kinds of impediments that square measure selected as Ashta-Nindita Purusha. Ati-Sthaulya is one of eight such morbidities. Fashionable medications obtainable for Obesity haven't never the less been established to be as effective as correct diet, and exercise still remains the mainstay of Obesity management. Ayurveda, though' incorporating Panchakarma treatment modalities, is also thought of as another for management of Obesity and correction of Doshas, Dhatus, and Malas concerned at the essential level. This work was aimed to review and appraise the impact of Virechana Karma (~Purgation therapy) with Sharadrutu Kalik Trivrit Yoga within the management of Sthaulya. it had been an open clinical study with Pre check and Post check styles, wherever minimum of ten patients affected by Obesity were selected. there have been extremely vital changes seen in parameters like BMI.

Keywords: Obesity, Sthoulya, Virechana Karma, Sharadrutu Kalik Trivrit Yoga.