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Upadhyay K.G. 1 , Upadhyay A.G.2 , Sharma R.3
1Associate Professor, Samhita-Siddhant Department, Shri Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur .
2Associate Professor, Kayachikitsa Department, Shri Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur .
3Assistant Professor, Samhita-Siddhant Department, Shri Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur .
Date of Acceptance: 2023-04-05
Date of Publication:2023-04-24
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Conflict of Interest: None declared
Background: Obesity is a global problem increasing progressively. It is an important disorder associated with number of potential fatal disease such as onset of diabetics mellitus and heart diseases and many more. Obesity is itself a disease and cause for many other diseases. Treating obesity has become a problem since safe drugs are not available for long term therapy. The herbal drug described by Ayurveda science are comparatively safe and have been used for many years. So, the following clinical study was undertaken using Ayurvedic medicine which are described in Ayurveda classics. Aims and Objects: To study the disease Sthaulya w r t Obesity and to assess the efficacy of “Arogyavardhini vati ” in Sthaulya . Methods: It was a single arm, open, randomized clinical study. Patients with clinical sign and symptoms of Sthaulya were selected. Results & conclusion : The data was assessed on each sign and symptoms of obesity and most of the symptoms were found to be relieved after treatment with intervention of Arogyavardhini Vati in the patients of obesity. For more fruitful results, the study can be conducted for large sample size with long duration of time with additional parameters.
Key words: Sthaulya , Obesity , Arogyavardhini vati .