OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF ROLE OF LEKHANA BASTI AND VIRECHANA KARMA IN STHAULYA (OBESITY)
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Pharmacy (IRJP) - Year 2014, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Sthaulya (Obesity) is occurs as a result of lack of physical activity with increased intake of food. The industrialization, stress during the work. Dietary habits, lack of exercise and various varieties among the daily diet like fast food, refrigerator’s food, increased amount of soft drinks and beverages, canned foods results into the clinical entity which we can call as Obesity. Acharya Charaka mentioned that a person in whom excessive and abnormal increase of Medodhatu along with Mamsadhatu is found which results into pendulous appearance of buttocks, belly and breasts and whose increase bulk is not matched by a corresponding increase in energy is called Sthula Purusha (obsessed Man). For this purpose 40 patients were selected in two groups (20 each), out of them 12 patients had left therapies during this observational study.
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Sonal Chaturvedi , Pankaj Katara
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