A REVIEW ARTICLE ON THE EFFECT OF VACHADI GANA IN STHAULYA (OBESITY
Dr. Garima Soni*, Dr. Atul B. Pawar, Dr. Akansha Haryani
ABSTRACT
In modern era, sedentary lifestyle, improper dietary habits and environmental changes have made human being prone to several diseases and Obesity is one among them increasing in prevalence. Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for a number of chronic diseases like Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) including cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease, Stroke, Diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, some cancers. In Ayurved several drugs of Ruksha, Ushna, & Tikshna guna are mentioned for the management of Sthoulya. One of them is Vachadi Gana mentioned in different texts of Ayurved. Vachadi Gana from Ashtang Hirdaya is taken to study its effect on Sthaulya. It consists of six drugs – Vacha (Acorus calamus), Nagarmotha (Cyperus scariosus), Devdaru (Cedrus deodara), Shunthi (Zingiber officinale), Atish (Aconitum heteropyllum) and Haritaki (Terminalia chebula). Purpose of this article is to review the action of drugs of Vachadi gana separately in the management of Sthoulya. For this several present literature are compiled to know the potential of drugs of Vachadi gana in Sthoulya management.
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