CONCEPT OF GURU CHA ATARPANA IN THE PRESENT ERA W.S.R TO STHOULYA
Dr. Manjula*, Dr. Lolashri S. J., Dr. Kiran M. Goud
ABSTRACT
In the present era of modernization, people are dependent on modernized technologies forcing them to live in sedentary life style and every lifestyle has drastic changes in their dietary habits and regimens leading to chronic and non communicable diseases. Among them Sthoulya is one of the major risk factor. Sthoulya is common nutritional disorder in affluent societies and most prevalent in developed countries. The management of Sthoulya as described in Ayurvedic classics are Nidanaparivarjana, Apatarpana chikitsa and Shamana and Shodhana chikitsa, among them Guru cha Atarpana is selected as low calorie diet therapy to discuss its importance and way of use in the present era. So the Aim and Objective is to highlight the importance of Guru and Atarpana in the form of Ahara and Pana as low diet calorie, high fiber and protein in the context of Chikitsa of Medoroga or Santarpanottajanya vyadhi chikitsa as explained by our Acharya.
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