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EFFICACY OF BHUNIMBADI KASHAYA AND NAVANEETA LEPA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MADUMEHA UPADRAVA W. S. R. TO DIABETIC NEUROPATHY

*Dr. Prashant M. Bhandi, *Dr. Sidram M. Guled and *Dr. J. K. Sarma

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Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is characterized by a syndrome of chronic Hyperglycaemia. The WHO estimated that there were 31.7 million persons with diabetes in India in 2000 and that this number is likely to be 71.4 million in 2030. India has the distinction of having the largest number of diabetics in the world. In Ayurveda “Madhumeha” is one among the four varieties of “Vataja Prameha” which is compared to the „Diabetes Mellitus‟ of the Allied science. The direct comparison as upadrava of Madhumeha in Ayurvedic texts is not available. In Ayurvedic classics Karapadayoho Suptata daho is explained as Samanya Poorvaroopa of Prameha. Daha is also mentioned as Samanya Upadrava of Prameha. So the study was intended to evaluate the combined effect of Bhunimbadi Kashaya internally Navaneeta Lepa externally followed by Mrudu Swedana in the management of Madhumeha upadrava (Diabetic Neuropathy).

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