Ayurveda management against Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Case Report
Abstract
Fatty liver disease is the accumulation of fat in the liver that can damage the organ and lead to serious health problems. It affects about one in ten people. It is normal for the liver to contain some fat. But if fat makes up more than 10 percent of the liver's weight, it means a fatty liver. This study shows the effectiveness of Ayurvedic medicine and its control measures in the management of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, where the size of liver as 17cm was diagnosed through ultrasonography. A 36-year-old patient presented to the OPD of Department of Kayachikitsa, Ch. Brahm Prakash Ayurved Charak Sansthan, New Delhi with complaints of alteration in bowel habit, pain in abdomen and recurrent fever in the last one year. This case was diagnosed as Non- alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease on the basis of ultrasonography (USG) report. The patient was treated with Ayurvedic oral drugs and got satisfactory results. Satisfactory results were noted at the follow up after 2months. This study bear out that fatty liver disease can be successfully reversed with Ayurvedic treatment.
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