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Medoroga
With excessive pendulous buttocks and abdomen
caused by excessive fat and muscles, a human being is called
overweight.
The deficiency of energy and metabolism are causes of obesity.
The eight despicable persons as per Charakha integrated obese
persons.
Over saturation causes Medoroga, it means underneath santarpanaja
vikar. Obesity if left uncared can even cause death. Obese
people are more prone to diseases like arthritis, cardiac
problems, diabetes, and so on. |
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Factors
The etiological factors of Medoroga are the physical activity's
absence, day sleep, consumption of too much of sweet, greasy
substances (pichchhil), meat, fresh wine, sea food meat, milk and
its derived, flour and jaggery preparations that would increase
kapha. Be short of of mental work, and genetic defects are also
the factors contributing Medoroga.
Signs & Symptoms
The symptomatic signs of Medoroga are the accumulation of fat in large quantities all over the body preventing the person to do all the physical activities, breathing problem due to even little exertion, excessive thirstiness, hunger, and sleep, sudden breath catching, foul body smell and deteriorating physically and sexually.
Treatment
Emesis, physical exercise, bloodletting, fasting, purgation,
smoking, sweating, eating bumpy food grains, and consumption
of abhayaprasha-honey mix are few ways to treat Medoroga.
Mixture of shunthi,Vidanga, ash residue of black iron and
yavakshara, with honey can be used for curing obesity.
Another method to treat obesity is the combination of amalaki
powder and barley in same amounts. |
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Popular Drugs
Choorna, kashay or decoction, vati or pills, rasaushadi, lepa or local applications, shodhana therapy or evacuative therapy, lekhan basti with ushakadi gana are recommended for treating obesity.
Chavyadi, Phalatrikadi, Vidangadya are popular among choornas.
Trifala, Bilvadi, Madhujala sidhapeya and Shilajatu are common kashay
or decoctions available. Navak, amrutadya are the known pills or
vati used for treating obesity.
Under rasaushadi, Trimurti, rasabhasma yoga, loha rasayana wadavagni,
are the popular ones available. Shirishadi ubatan, Mocharasadi,
Priyangvadi, Jambudaladi ubatan, and Babbuladi ubatan are known
local applications. The above drugs are from Ayurveda to treat obesity.
Pathya-apathya for obese people (to-do and not to-do)
- Pathya
- One should worry, do excess body exercises, or indulge in sexual-
intercourse. Moreover, one should sprinkle and rub different
powders of medicinal value over body. Sunbath, Fasting, and
brisk walking are recommended. Undergoing panchakarma cure like
virechana and emesis (purgatives and laxatives) would be helpful.
Consuming Barley or yava, Old rice, masoor, pungent, honey,
and sour edible things is good for obesity. Eating leafy vegetables,trifala,
trikatu , drinking hot water or excess water before meals is
a recommended treatment.
- Apathya
- One should not undergo rasayana aushadhi or rejuvenating therapies,
and so on. It is recommended to avoid consumption of shashtishali
(rice), all milk products, urad, sweets, sugarcane products, wheat,
curd, fat , oily foods and particularly foods rich in hydrogenated
fat like vanaspathi, ghee etc., and so on.
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