Abstract

A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF UDVARTANA (KOLAKULATHADI CURNAM) FOLLOWED BY VIRECANA (TRIVRIT CURNAM) WITH AND WITHOUT TRIPHALADI LEKHANA VASTI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF STHAULYA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO OBESITY

Dr. P. Harika* and Dr. K. Harshavardhana Appaji

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Abstract

The 21st century has become the Era of Non-communicable diseases, ie., Lifestyle disorders. Obesity is a state of excess adipose tissue mass.[1] Although often viewed as equivalent to increased body weight, this need not be the case-lean but very muscular individuals may be overweight by numerical standards without having increased adiposity. Ācārya Caraka mentioned that a person in whom excessive and abnormal increase of Mēdōdhātu along with Māṁsadhātu is found which results into pendulous appearance of buttocks, belly and breasts and whose increase in bulk is not matched by the corresponding increase in energy levels is called Sthūla Puruṣa. More than 1 billion people worldwide are Obese-650 million adults, 340 million adolescents and 39 million children. Methods: For present study out of 60 selected patients total 60 patients, completed the treatments i.e. 30 in group A & 30 in group B completed the course of the therapy & were randomly divided into two groups viz; group A in which Udvarṭana with Kolakulatthadi churnam, Virēcana with Trivrit churnam for 28 days.; and second group B in which Udvarṭana, Virēcana and Lekhana basti in a schedule of 36 days was given. Results: Udvarṭana, Virēcana and Lekhana vasti offered better result overall in comparison to Udvatana and Virēcana alone. The Later also showed good effect on Sthaulya but Vasti cikitsa is proved better statistically & symptomatically with a significance of (p

Keywords: Obesity, Sthoulya, Udvar?ana, Virechana, lekhana vasti.