Abstract

A SURVEY STUDY OF MENTIONED VIHARAJA NIDANA (PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES) IN AYURVEDA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DIAGNOSED DIABETES MELLITUS (TYPE II) PATIENTS

*Dr. Suchetta Verma and Dr. Pooja Arya

Abstract

Introduction - In today’s world, individuals are more prone to sit on a daily basis. Diabetic patients have a lower physical performance threshold than healthy individuals. Patients with DM type 2 show a lower energy expenditure, number of steps, and duration of physical activity compared to subjects without diabetes. A survey study was conducted on diagnosed patients of diabetes mellitus to access the prevalence of physical activities in present times. Objectives – To survey the lifestyle causes followed by diabetes mellitus type 2 patients as factors mentioned in Ayurveda texts. Materials and method - 300 diagnosed patients of diabetes mellitus (type II) were interviewed via a questionnaire. Result - Maximum patients were in this study maximum patients 73.33% (220) following alasya. 66.67% patients (200) were following diwa-swapna, 65.33% patients (196) asya-sukham, 56% (168) swapna-sukham.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Swapna-sukham, Asya-sukham, Diwa-swapna.