Abstract

A CRITICAL REVIEW OF MEDOVRUDHHI WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO OVERWEIGHT

Dr. Rupali Bedre*

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Abstract

It's very important to take steps to tackle obesity because; it can lead to a number of serious and potentially life-threatening conditions, such as: type 2 diabetes, Coronary heart disease. Overweight (Medovrudhhi) is increasingly prevalent condition among all societies in today‟s era. If left untreated, this condition greatly raises the risk of developing the condition into obesity (sthoulya).In ayurveda context Medovrudhhi and Shoulya are described seperately. Medovrudhhi i.e.increase in MedoDhatu (Medovrudhhi) is a condition of second stage (prakopa) of Shatkriyakala (disease formation) and Shoulya in relocation (sthansamshraya) i.e. actual stage of disease formation. So in pathogenesis of sthoulya, medovrudhhi is a previous condition of Sthoulya Obesity or overweight brings many significant risks throughout life. Considering its impact on individual health, obese and overweight individual‟s puts burden on the national health Schemes. This article is about overweight and its details, described in various texts of Ayurveda. In present study an attempt has been made to understand Overweight through Modern and Ayurvedic perspective and to find out the likely solutions to avoid next condition i.e. obesity.

Keywords: Medovrudhhi, Overweight, Sthoulya, Obesity.