Ayurveda Concept of Medoroga with Special Reference to Obesity and Related Complication and their Medical Management

Abstract

Obesity or medoroga is the only disease that is gaining more and more attention at the global level. This disease is prevalent in developing as well as in developed countries, in both sexes, across all ages and socioeconomic groups. Obesity is one of the prices we have to pay for rapid urbanization and a sedentary lifestyle. Obesity has been described in Ayurveda texts as medoroga or Sthaulya. Acharya Charaka has described eight varieties of impediments known as ashta nindita Purusha. Ati Sthaulya comprises one of them. Obesity is the risk factor for many diseases like diabetes, CVA, hypertension, etc. It is difficult to prevent and treat lifestyle diseases like obesity with the modern system of medicine alone. Ayurvedic science has great potential in preventing and treating lifestyle disorders like obesity. The presenter's view deals with aetiopathogenesis, symptomatology prevention, and management of Sthaulya as given in the Ayurveda classics.