Obesity Reversal

Obesity Reversal

In today's fast-paced world, both men and women face unique challenges in maintaining health and wellness.  Obesity, a widespread health issue, affects individuals worldwide due to various factors such as hormonal changes, sedentary lifestyles, and unhealthy eating habits. Excessive body fat impacts not only physical appearance but also increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and other health complications. Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, offers effective and natural solutions to combat obesity and manage related lifestyle diseases by identifying and addressing their root causes.

Root Causes (Nidanas) of Obesity

Obesity is a metabolic disorder typically resulting from an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. It is particularly prevalent in affluent societies and is often associated with sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy dietary habits. In Ayurveda, the root causes of obesity include:

  1. Dietary Causes: Excessive consumption of energy-dense foods high in fat and carbohydrates.
  2. Behavioral Causes: Lack of physical activity, irregular food habits, and excessive daytime sleeping.
  3. Psychological Causes: Stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues.
  4. Miscellaneous Causes: Age, sex, genetics, endocrine disorders, medications (e.g., steroids, oral contraceptives), and improper administration of therapeutic measures.

Ayurveda categorizes obesity (Sthaulya) and excess fat tissue (Medovriddhi) as conditions resulting from an imbalance of the doshas, with Medovriddhi being the initial stage that can progress to Sthaulya if left unchecked.

The Ayurvedic Approach: Beyond BMI

Ayurveda emphasizes that each individual's body type (Prakriti) has unique traits, and a healthy Body Mass Index (BMI) range can vary accordingly. Instead of solely relying on BMI, Ayurvedic assessments focus on understanding one's body constitution (Vata, Pitta, Kapha) to develop personalized treatment plans. This holistic approach ensures that treatments are tailored to the specific needs and imbalances of each individual, promoting sustainable and effective weight management.

Root Causes (Nidanas) of Obesity

Obesity is a metabolic disorder typically resulting from an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. It is particularly prevalent in affluent societies and is often associated with sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy dietary habits. In Ayurveda, the root causes of obesity include:

  1. Dietary Causes: Excessive consumption of energy-dense foods high in fat and carbohydrates.
  2. Behavioral Causes: Lack of physical activity, irregular food habits, and excessive daytime sleeping.
  3. Psychological Causes: Stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues.
  4. Miscellaneous Causes: Age, sex, genetics, endocrine disorders, medications (e.g., steroids, oral contraceptives), and improper administration of therapeutic measures.

Ayurveda categorizes obesity (Sthaulya) and excess fat tissue (Medovriddhi) as conditions resulting from an imbalance of the doshas, with Medovriddhi being the initial stage that can progress to Sthaulya if left unchecked.

Panchakarma (Shodhan) Therapies at Kiaan Ayurveda

Panchakarma is a cornerstone of Ayurvedic treatment, focusing on detoxification and rejuvenation to balance the doshas and improve overall health. At Kiaan Ayurveda, the following Panchakarma therapies are recommended for managing obesity:

  1. Vaman (Therapeutic Emesis): Induces vomiting to cleanse the upper digestive tract.
  2. Virechan (Therapeutic Purgation): Cleanses the lower digestive tract through purgation.
  3. Lekhan Vasti (Medicated Enema): Administers medicated enemas to cleanse the colon.

These therapies help eliminate toxins (Ama) from the body, reduce excess fat, and restore balance to the doshas.

Palliative (Shamana) Methods of Treatment at Kiaan Ayurveda

Alongside Panchakarma, Kiaan Ayurveda offers palliative treatments to manage obesity through natural and holistic approaches. These include:

  1. Langhan (Fasting): Controlled fasting to enhance metabolism and burn excess fat.
  2. Ama Pachan: Use of digestive herbs to improve metabolism and reduce fat.
  3. Ruksha Udwartan (Dry Medicated Powder Massage): Stimulates circulation and aids in fat reduction.
  4. Herbal Remedies: Use of single herbs like Guduchi, Vidanga, Musta, Sunthi, Amla, Vaca, and compound formulations like Trikatu, Navak Guggulu, Triphala Guggulu, Vidangadi Churna, Takrarishta, and Arogya Vardhini Vati to manage weight and improve overall health.

Do's

Diet:

  • Consume low-fat, low-calorie foods.
  • Include high-protein foods to stay fuller for longer.
  • Prefer steamed, boiled, or baked vegetables over fried ones.
  • Eat frequent small meals to avoid cravings.
  • Drink skimmed milk and warm water.
  • Incorporate healthy foods like oatmeal, walnuts, salads, bitter gourd, drumstick, barley, wheat, green gram, honey, Indian gooseberry, pomegranate, and skimmed buttermilk.
  • Use lemon in diet and drinks.

Physical Activity:

  • Engage in mild to moderate exercise according to individual capacity.
  • Develop a regular habit of brisk morning walks for at least 30 minutes.
  • Practice yoga and meditation to manage stress and promote mental clarity.

Do's and Don'ts (Pathya-Apathya) in Obesity Management

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is crucial for managing obesity. Kiaan Ayurveda provides the following guidelines:

Don'ts

Diet:

  • Avoid high-carbohydrate vegetables like potatoes and rice.
  • Limit sugary or sweet products, excessive dairy products, fried and oily foods, fast foods, and excessive salt.

Lifestyle:

  • Avoid sedentary habits and excessive sleep.
  • Refrain from watching TV while eating.
  • Avoid alcohol and smoking.
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Panchakarma

Disease reversal program at Kiaan Ayurveda 

The Four Ayurvedic Protocols for treating disease - 

  1. Root cause removal AKA Nidan Parivarjan – Removing root cause from present diet and lifestyle
  2. Detox AKA Shodhan AKA Panchakarma – Ayurveda
  3. dic process of cleansing or Fixing dosha imbalance
  4. Palliative method of Medicine AKA Shaman- Medicine to cure the disease by balancing the dosha in an imbalanced state.
  5. Pathya/Apathya – Adopting a lifestyle discipline that suits the medical condition (do's and don’ts of a disease)

Panchakarma- or  Detox 


Panchakarma is a therapeutic procedure that scientifically cleanses the body and mind of toxins or ama that can lead to disease. Ama is an inadequate digestion by-product. It clogs our body channels and obstructs the nutritional pathway of tissues. Ama may reflect on the tongue in the form of a coating. If a person experiences ama in their bodies, then systemic amapachana medicine followed by panchakarma treatment is advised. Panchkarma allows the biological system to return to homeostasis rapidly. Panchkarma treatment begins with diet, herbs, and some specific lifestyle changes. Five different Panchakarma is associated with the number of sessions of oil massage (Abhyanagam), Swedana, and main procedure. According to Ayurveda, imbalanced doshas are expelled from the body by the nearest excretory pathway for 

example-


Vasti-


Vasti is a therapeutic Anema to balance the Vata dosha in which per rectal infuses the medicated decoction and vasti dravya mixture (medicated enema) for nourishing vata seats. The seat of the vata imbalances is in the large intestine. The large intestine is the place of the mooladhara chakra. Diseases related to Vata are well treated with Vasti Chikitsa.


  1. Vasti Chikitsa is of many types like Karma, Kala, Yoga vasti
  2. Vasti Chikitsa has different administration routes like- Per rectal, per vaginal, per urethral route
  3. Vasti Treatment plan duration is from seven days to a month as per their medical condition
  4. Vasti treatment benefits are long-lasting as it enhances gut absorption and rejuvenates.
  5. The sacral plexus balances all subtypes of vata and balances mooladhara chakra.

Virechan


Virechan is a detox procedure to balance vitiated pitta dosha. Virechan includes combinations of many sub-therapies. Virechan is known as the therapeutic Purgation. Virechan is used in treating vitiated pitta dosha, which mostly resides in the small intestine in the form of metabolic fire. Disease-related Pitta dosha, Solar plexus, Pachak Pitta, inflammatory disorder treated with virechana.


Virechana is three steps procedure –pre-procedure, main procedure, post-procedure

Virechan is a 6 to 9-day-long procedure followed by six days diet

Virechana treatment benefits are increased gut absorption, balance secretion of digestive

juices, rejuvenate GIT, balance solar plexus, balance swadhisthana chakra


Vaman


Vaman is a detox procedure to treat and balance Kapha dosha. Vaman is therapeutic vomiting to clean vitiated Kapha dosha that resides in the chest cavity or lung area. Disease-related to Phlegm, Upper respiratory tract, cervical plexus, stomach-related disease, Kapha disease.

There are three stages to Vamanam – pre-procedure, main procedure, and post-procedure.

Vamanam is a 6 to 9-day-long process followed by six days diet.


The benefits of Vamanam are balancing kapha dosha, enhancing Oxygen saturation, enhancing the tidal volume of respiration, Reversing thyroid imbalance, balancing throat Chakra, Balance anahataChakra.


Nasyam


Nasyam is a suggested therapy to balance the Kapha dosha. Nasal administration of medicines, followed by some rituals of Panchakarma, is performed during Nasym.


Nasyam detoxes the paranasal sinuses, reduces inflammation, removes accumulated phlegm, aligns the pituitary gland secretions, and corrects the hormonal imbalance.


Nasyam treats migraine, inflamed sinus or sinusitis, premature graying, cervical spondylosis, hormonal imbalance, Hair loss, and Improves sensory organ subjectivity.


Nasyam is a 7-day procedure that can continue for more, based on the medical conditions and Doctor's advice. 


Raktamokshan


Raktamokshan AKA blood-letting, balances blood or pitta-related diseases. Raktamokshan is performed by medical leeches; however, other methods like Siravedh, Shringa, and Alabu are also added. The dosha predominates in tridosha depletion, and age, Bala, and agni are other factors that decide the method of raktamokshan. Raktamokshan by leech is known as hirudinotherapy and is extensively used in blood-related disorders, acne, non-healing wound, alopecia, and cosmetic correction of face-related issues.