Abstract

COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY OF VRIKSHAMALA (GARCINIA INDICA) AND KATUKI (PICRORRHIZA KURROA) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF METABOLIC SYNDROME

Dr. Meera Antiwal*, Om Prakash Singh and Jai Prakash Singh

Abstract

Metabolic Syndrome is a set of risk factors that includes abdominal obesity, Insulin resistance, Hypertension; Dyslipidemia (raised triglycerides and low HDL-cholesterol). Parallel to this s in Ayurveda Sthaulya is the condition. Material and Methods, Diagnosed 110 patients on basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria, study design under demographic profile, clinical profile and laboratory profile (hematological, biochemical test), were selected for the present clinical work. The patient were divided into four Groups I, II, III and IV in terms of the nature of given treatment. Group I, II, III and IV comprised of 27, 27, 28 and 28 patients of metabolic syndrome respectively. Results study showed the significant changes over all the parameters of the syndrome. Conclusion: Study concluded that its Preliminary study conducted as a part of education research programme and further more clinical and experimental studies are necessary to establish the above observations. We sincerely hope that the present study would be pioneer as an ideal research work in the field of Metabolic Syndrome and would provide useful lead for coming generations and future research workers.

Keywords: Metabolic Syndrome, Ayurveda, Katuki, Vrkshamala.