Obesity – An Ayurvedic Review

Authors

  • Chandrajeet Kumar MD (Ay.) Dravyaguna
  • Vijay Shankar Dubey Professor and Head of Department, Dravyaguna
  • Amarendra Kumar Singh Associate Professor, Dept. of Roga Nidana,

Keywords:

Ayurveda; Medodhatu; Medoroga; Obesity.

Abstract

Obesity is amajor health problem of modern society whichis due to sedentary lifestyle and faulty dietary habits. Compared with other persons, obese persons are at increased health risk for many diseases, which shortens the life span and working capacity of human being.In Ayurveda obesity can be correlated with the Medoroga which isKapha predominant Vyadhi and caused by vitiation of Medodhatu. For the management of this disease there are so many medicines and surgery are described in modern medicine but till date no any perfect therapy is found. But with the help of Ayurveda obese persons can reduce their weight without side effect.

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Published

2017-08-12

How to Cite

Kumar, C., Dubey, V. S., & Singh, A. K. (2017). Obesity – An Ayurvedic Review. Ayurline: International Journal of Research in Indian Medicine, 1(03), 32–39. Retrieved from https://ayurline.in/index.php/ayurline/article/view/13

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