THE EFFECT OF RUKSHANA CHURNA (TRIPHALA, MUSTA, CHITRAKMOOL) IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CENTRAL OBESITY AND INSULIN RESISTANCE W.S.R. TO STHAULYA CHIKITSA

*Vd. Dipika Arunrao Chakole and Vd. V.E.Gogate

ABSTRACT

Obesity is emerging as an important health problem in India. Twenty two million Indians are obese, especially abdominally obese. This obesity especially central obesity due to adiposity which may results into glucose intolance, an impaired fasting glucose condition in which hyperinsulinemia seen in the patients. This Insulin Resistance condition finally causes TYPE 2 DM to the susceptible. As Obesity and insulin resistance condition comes under “medodushtee” which cause medodhatwagni mandya and which is finally results into apachit medodhatu which we can resemble it with central adipocity. This explained in Ch.sutrasthan 21. In Chikitsa sutra there is mention of „ruksha ushna dravya‟ These dravya are well explained in different Gana of Charak and Sushruta Samhita. From all of these drugs TRIPHALA, MUSTA, CHITRAK are widely available and most commonly used drugs in current ayurved medicine practices. In this study the rukshan churna(triphala, musta, chitrakmool) was given to patients(No of patients -7)for 45 days. The assessment of Serum Insulin Fasting, Blood sugar Fasting, HOMA IR, Weight of patients was done before and after treatment. The significant effect was found in above parameters.

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