A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF VIDANGADI CHURNA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY.
- Lecturer, Department of Chikitsa, Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Chikitsa, Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
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Obesity is defined as a state of excess adipose tissue mass and person with Body Mass Index (BMI) >30 kg/m2. It is the cumbersome fettle of today?s world as in every region of the world, obesity has doubled between 1980 and 2008, and today, half a Billion people (12% of the world?s population) are considered as obese. This is indeed a careworn situation; Obesity provides the platform for so many hazards like Hypertension, Coronary Heart Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Infertility, Impotency as well as psychological disorders like, stress, anxiety. Hence in order to have best management of Obesity present research was carried out. The term Sthaulya is described in Ayurveda for obesity. Thirty obese patients were selected randomly and treated with Vidangadi churna mentioned in traditional treatments in Sri Lanka. Five grams of Vidangadi churna were given morning and evening for one month and three months follow up period. Patients were assessed under the objective criteria. The reduction of body weight, reduction observed in B.M.I, reduction in waist to hip ratio were highly significant (p<0.001). Mid arm circumference were clinically reduced but statistically not significant. The conclusion of the present study was Vidangadi churna proved to be efficacious in the disease obesity.
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[Marasinghe Pathiranage Nadeeka Pramodani and Wasantha Janaki Wickramarachchi. (2017); A CLINICAL STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF VIDANGADI CHURNA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Sep). 1631-1634] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Department of Chikitsa, GampahaWickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
