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Obesity
- Medoroga
Obesity
is a condition in which individual is significantly overweight.
Excessive bodyfat is accumulated on the belly, buttocks,
breasts and thighs. An individual is considered obese when
weight is 20% (25% in women) or more over the maximum desirable
for their height. When an adult is more than 100 pounds
overweight, it is considered morbid obesity.
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In
ayurveda, Charak Samhita describes eight different types
of bodies that are disease prone. Out of these, the obese
body is described as ‘Medoroga’ the one afflicted with the
most diseases and troubles. Obesity is the condition or
physical state of the body when excessive deposition of
fat takes place in the adipose tissue.
Extra fat puts a strain on the heart, kidneys, liver and
the joints such as the hips, knees and ankles and thus,
overweight people are susceptible to several diseases like
coronary thrombosis, high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis,
gout, liver and gall bladder disorders. Chief cause of obesity
is overeating, irregular eating habits and not following
the rules of eating or mixing non-compatible food items
in one meal.
Common
causes
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Consumption
of more food (specially heavy, sweet, cooling food)
than the body can use
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Excess
alcohol intake
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Sedentary
lifestyle
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Genetic
Factors
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Some
diseases like, Hypothyroidism, Cushing’s syndrome, depression
and certain neurological problems
Pathogenesis/
How the disease creates: - (in Ayurvedic Principles)
Body
is made of 7- Dhatus {Rasa (Lymph), Rakta (Blood), Maans
(Muscle), Meda( Fat), Asthi (Bones), Majja (Nervous System)
Shukra (Reproductive System)}. But in Obese fellow Meda
is excessively nourished and remaining other Dhatus get
malnourished. Kapha gets accumulated in between. Roll of
medicines with dietary correction is to remove obstructed
Kapha and let all Dhatus nourish equally. When Kapha increases
in abnormal fashion, Fat metabolism gets hampered and person
becomes Obese.
Important
points for loosing weight:
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Controlling
eating habits
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Regular
exercise
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Avoiding
excess consumption of alcohol
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Avoid
sedentary lifestyle
Herbs
that are useful in Obesity:
1. Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa):
Punarnava
is highly beneficial in the treatment of obesity as almost
all anti-obesity herbal preparations contain it in one or
the other form. It is beneficial in the treatment of several
common ailments like dropsy, ascities, oedema, anaemia,
cough, pluerisy, nervous weakness, constipation and paralysis.
 2.
Guggul
(Commiphora mukul):
Guggul is derived from
the resin of a small thorny tree called the Commiphora mukul
and has been used in traditional Asiatic Indian plant medicine
for centuries to treat arthritis, water retention, rheumatism,
and obesity. This herb also possesses effective purifying
and rejuvenating abilities, which have been used in Ayurvedic
medicine.
 3.
Neem
(Azadirachta indica):
It
is used in Ayurveda for skin disorders, pimples, diabetes,
tumours, obesity, arthritis, viral fevers, jaundice and
as a blood purifier.
Diet that helps to loose weight:
- Early
morning - A glass of warm water mixed with
the juice of half a lemon. A teaspoonful of honey can
be added if you like.
- Breakfast
- Wheat or Mung (green beans) sprouts and one cup skimmed
milk.
- Mid
morning- A glass of orange, pineapple or carrot
juice.
- Lunch
- Salad of raw vegetables such as carrot, beet, cucumber,
cabbage, tomatoes. In case you can not digest raw vegetables,
either steam or boil them. Whole grain bread or whole
wheat chapatis (Indian recipe) and a glass of buttermilk.
It will be good to add some roasted cumin seeds, green
coriander leaves, a little salt and some grated ginger
in the butter milk.
- Mid
afternoon - Coconut water or dry fruits or
lemon tea or vegetable soup.
- Dinner
- Whole grain bread or chapatis, steamed vegetables
and any seasonal fruit except banana and apple.
Lifestyle
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Religiously do all kinds of exercises: walking, swimming,
and cycling
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Think
positive
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Go
for sauna baths, steam baths and regular massages
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Go
for Panchakarma
Yoga
Ayurvedic
supplements:
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