A clinical study on efficacy of Yavamalaka choorna in dyslipidemia

Abstract

Dyslipidemia is a disorder characterized by abnormally high concentrations total Cholesterol, VLDL,LDL, triglycerides and decreased concentration of HDL in the blood caused by abnormal lipid and lipoprotein metabolism and has risk of producing various complications like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, atherosclerosis etc. Dyslipidemia is a condition which shares a lot of similarity in pathogenesis and clinical presentation of Medoroga. It is a single blind comparative clinical study with pre test and post test design where in minimum of 40 patients of Dyslipidemia are randomly grouped into two groups with 20 patients in each. Group A were administered with Yavamalaka Choorna 6 grams BID before food with warm water for 60 days and group B were administered with shuddha guggulu 3 grams BID before food with warm water for 60 days. In this present study there is a significant improvement after treatment in lipid profile, weight loss in both groups, but there are no significant changes between the groups. Percentage of weight loss is more in Group A compared to group B. As there is both groups show significant results, Yavamalaka choorna can be substituted with shuddha guggulu vati. Also yavamalaka Choorna is easily available and cost effective compared with shuddha guggulu.