Abstract

A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF VIRECHANA IN PREDIABETES

Dr. Meenakshi Rewdkar*

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Abstract

Prediabetes is a condition in which blood sugar level is high, but not high enough to be type 2 diabetes. Since Indians are at higher risk of Prediabetes and developing diabetes a decade earlier than Europeans. Increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus has become alarming. Effective management of Prediabetes would definitely slow down the progression of diabetes mellitus. Here I have given Virechana to the Prediabetic patients. Drugs used for Virechana karma are Triphala, Trivrutta, Guduchi, Nimb siddha kashaya, Trikatu churna and Gomutra are taken as prakshepa dravya, taken from Sushrut Samhita. Virechana is one of the Panchkarma therapies mentioned in Ayurvedic Classics. It removes vitiated doshas from strotas and help in strotoshodhana. It helps in removal of doshas at microcellular level.

Keywords: Prediabetes, Diabetes Mellitus, Virechana, Panchkarma.