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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 526-531 |
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Clinical efficacy of Shilajatu (Asphaltum) processed with Agnimantha (Clerodendrum phlomidis Linn.) in Sthaulya (obesity)
Ranjan K Pattonder1, HM Chandola2, SN Vyas3
1 Medical Officer (Ayurveda), E.S.I.C Hospital and O.D.C (E.Z), D.H. Road, P.O: Joka, Kolkata, India
2 Professor and Head, Department of Kaya Chikitsa, Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
3 Ex-Professor, Department of Kaya Chikitsa, Institute for Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Correspondence Address:
Ranjan K Pattonder
Medical Officer (Ayurveda), E.S.I.C Hospital and O.D.C (E.Z), D.H. Road, P.O: Joka, Kolkata 104, West Bengal
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
PMID: 22661848 
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Obesity is defined as the condition in which excessive amount of fat is accumulated in the body. Classical Ayurvedic texts describe eight types of despicable designated as 'Nindita purusha' including atisthaulya. Corpulent people are characterized by short in longevity, slow movement, difficult to indulge in sex, weak, emission of bad body odor, profuse perspiration, excessive hunger and excessive thirst. Sixty to seventy percent of cardiac patients die of obesity and contribute to develop coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia. In the present study, 66 patients of obesity were treated with Shilajatu processed with Agnimantha. After complition of therapy, 5.09 ± 0.24 kg and 2.06 ± 0.10 kg/m 2 reduction of body weight and body mass index, respectively were noted. The result was found to be statistically highly significant (P<0.001). No adverse effects were observed in any of the treated patients. |
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