Treat Obesity with Ayurveda

Treat Obesity with Ayurveda

Obesity

What is Obesity?

Obesity is a condition in which excessive amount of fat is stored in the different body parts like belly, buttock, thighs, breasts, under chin. A person suffering from obesity not only looses confidence but also is prone to number of diseases like diabetes, arthritis, stress, stroke, cancer, high cholesterol, kidney problem and many more. 

What is Ayurveda?

Ayurveda or Ayurvedic medicine, originated in India more than 3000 years ago, is one of the oldest medical systems which is based on the principle of equilibrium. According to Ayurveda, health and wellness of a human body depends on the balance of the three doshas of life i.e. vata, pitta and kapha. It belives that any imbalance in any of these doshas will lead to an unhealthy body. 

What Ayurveda says about Obesity?

In Ayurveda, Obesity is also known as Medarog, a disorder in meda dhatu or fat metabolism. It is caused due to imbalance in the kapha dosha and presence of ama in the body. 

1. Kapha dosha

Kapha is one the doshas present in human body and is dense, heavy, slow, sticky, wet and cold in nature. In balanced state, kapha controls weight and provides nourishment to different tissues like blood, fat, muscles, bones, marrow, reproductive tissues and nutritive fluids. In case of an unbalanced state, kapha produces heavy and dense toxins which gets accumulated in the fat channels of the body. This results in more production of fat tissues and increases weight. Hence, in order to treat obesity, the most important thing is to control the kapha dosha in body which can be done by avoiding kapha increasing foods from our diet. 

2. Ama or Toxins

Ideally, the food that we eat should be completely digested. In our body, half of the digested food is absorbed into the body as nutrients and the other half of the digested food gets excreted out of the body as waste products. But due to certain factors like stress, eating junk food, adverse weather, unhealthy lifestyle, pollution, the food is not completely digested. In such cases, only two third of the food is completely digested. From that two third, half of it is absorbed in the body and other half gets excreted out of the body. The left over one third part is the half digested food which is neither excreted nor absorbed. This half digested part of the food stays in the body as toxins. Such toxins are named as "Ama" and is the reason of most of the diseases like obesity. Obese people have an excess amount of ama in their body. There should not be Ama in our body and it should be cleaned from the body so that obesity can be reduced.  

Ways to Treat Obesity with Ayurveda

Ayurveda offers natural treatment to fight with obesity.

1. Drink warm water

• Warm water detoxifies the body and helps in weight loss. 
• Best time to drink water is right after you get up in the morning, one hour before meal and one hour after meal. 
• Drinking water just before eating a meal, weakens the digestion power.
• Drinking water just after eating a meal, increases kapha dosha and can result in weight gain.

2. Drink hot water mixed with honey and lemon to burn the stored fat.

Healthy Food

3. Eating habits

• Follow a healthy and light diet.
• Avoid over eating.
• Avoid fried and spicy food.
• Eat slowly.
• Avoid processed, canned and junk food.
• Avoid food with added preservatives and colors.
• Do not watch tv, laptop while eating food.  
• Eat a fiber rich food. 
• Eat seasonal fruits and vegetables.
• Eat dinner before 6 - 7 pm.

4. Quit drinking alcohol and smoking.

5. Yoga

• Do Surya Namaskar for 10 minutes daily.
• Helps in improving flexibility and promotes weight loss.  

6. Avoid kapha increasing food like milk, nuts, tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, sweet fruits, tofu, sugar related products etc. 

Ayurvedic Medicines to Treat Obesity

1. Medohar Vati by Patanjali   

Loose Weight by Ayurvedic Medicines

• Loses extra weight by burning and digestion of fat stored in body.

2. Wt-Balance by Organic India

• Reduces weight by improving fat and carbohydrate metabolism.

3. Isabgol Husk by Patanjali

• Reduces body weight. 

4. Guggul

• Take one teaspoon of guggul mixed with ginger and honey thrice a day. 
• Helps in cleansing the body.

5. Triphala churna by Patanjali

• Helps in treatment of gastric and digestive problems. 
• Reduces constipation.
• Boosts immunity.
• Prevents inflammatory diseases of the gastric organs.
• Take triphala daily in morning for weight loss. Soak half tea spoon of triphala in 2 cups of water over night. Boil it in the morning till it is reduced to half. Once it is cooled down, filter it and add lemon. Drink it empty stomach. Take breakfast after 30-40 minutes of consuming it.
• Or you can take triphala churna daily in night with lukewarm water. This helps in removing constipation.