Exploring the Ayurvedic perspective of Lipid Disorder: Insight of Meda Dhatu

Kavita Kaushik; Ruby Rani Aggarwal

doi:10.21760/jaims.8.5.2

Kavita Kaushik Assistant professor, Dept. of Rog Nidana Evum Vikriti Vigyan, M.L.R. Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India.
Ruby Rani Aggarwal Professor and Head of the Dept, Dept. of Rog Nidana Evum Vikriti Vigyan, Uttarakhand Ayurved University, Rishikul Campus, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.8.5.2

Keywords: Meda, Dhatu Vridhi, Dushti, Samprapti, Obesity, Sthaulya.

Abstract

In present era Obesity (Sthaulya) has become a big problem in the world. In Modern science Sthaulya can be considered as Obesity and various criteria for Obesity was already mentioned in modern science. The scattered evidence of Sthaulya are found in Vedas as well as in Bhavaprakasha, Yogratnakar, Caraka Saṃhita, Sushruta Saṃhita, Madhav Nidana and various other Ayurvedic literatures. The relation between vitiation of Meda Dhatu was defined by Acharya Caraka under the heading Sthaulya and mentioned by Acharya Sushruta in Samprapti of Sthaulya. In Ayurveda Meda is classified into Baddha Meda and Abaddha Meda. Abadha Meda can be correlated with Lipid mentioned in allied science. Objective of study: To assess the status of Meda Dhatu in reference to total Cholesterol and Triglyceride. Materials & Methods: To fulfill the above aim and objectives, 50 patients between the age group of 16-70 years of age fulfilling the inclusion criteria were registered for study and data was collected with the help of questionnaire based on classical features of Vridhi and Dushti of Meda Dhatu. Conclusion: The study revealed that with increasing level of Total Cholesterol Meda Dhatu Vridhi Lakshan also increases but no change was found with the Lakshana of Meda Dhatu Dushti on the other hand, directly proportional relation was found between level of Triglyceride and Meda Dhatu Dushti Lakshan.

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