• Dr. Anil Raghunath Wagh
• Dr. Madhuri Yogendra Nehete

Absrtact- Obesity is one of the Major and rising problem now a days, and main reason is changing lifestyle and faulty dietary habits. Sthaulyavyadhi or medaoroga in Ayurveda is similar to Obesity in modern medaical science. This disease is occurred due to dushti of jatharagni and specially medaadhatvagni. Due to medaadhatvagnimandya and medaagnidushti, medadhatu is not formeda properly, and as a result of jatharagnimandya production ofaama dosha takes place, this aama gets attached to various dhatus giving rise to dushti of that particular dhatu. Due to medadhatvagnimandya excessive productin of samamedaa takes place, this is called as medaroga. This samameda dhatu causes srotorodha and other comlications by ocumulating in various srotasas. Increase in the weight of a person by 120 % or more of his/her normal weight is called as obesity. Obesity is a result of accumulation of excessive fat in the adepose tissue of a person. According to ayurveda sthaulya is one of the santarpanotthavyadhi, and to treat this vyadhi, apatarpana is the main therapy and lekhan karma is one of the best treatment among apatrpana therapies. Basti is indicaed in all srotasdustijanyavyadhies. And hence lekhanbasti is the best therapy for medaoroga( obesity).

Key words lekhanbasti, obesity, shaulya, medaoroga.

"EFFECT OF LEKHAN BASTI IN STHAULYA VYADHI – A REVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no.e459-e472, August-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2308456.pdf

"EFFECT OF LEKHAN BASTI IN STHAULYA VYADHI – A REVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 8, page no. ppe459-e472, August-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2308456.pdf