EFFECT OF MOORCHITA TILA TAILA PRAYOGA IN STHOULYA - AN INTERVENTIONAL CLINICAL STUDY

Rao Veena G. and H. S. Vatsala*

ABSTRACT

Sthoulya can be defined as Excessive accumulation of meda and mamsa dhatu in sphik, udara and stana which makes it pendulous, associated with lack of proper nourishment to uttarottara dhatus and decreased enthusiasm.[1] It can be correlated with Obesity. Obesity or overweight is defined as Abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat that impair health[2] with increased rate of mortality and morbidity.[3] Obesity is the major health issue faced by many developing and developed countries. India stands among these as one. The first line of treatment would be "sroto shodhana[4]" which is must in patients of obesity as ‘samprapti vighatana chikitsa’ and this can be achieved through oral administration of Moorchita tila taila considering its ‘sroto shodaka, sthoulya hara, medo hara[5]’ properties. This is an Open label single group interventional clinical study on 15 patients of sthoulya. The objective criteria was assessed before and after treatment. Based on grading, data obtained were analysed for statistical significance using ‘paired –t’ test. The results were statistically significant with p value <0.001. The overall result of the study were encouraging with 33.33% (5) of patients showing major improvement and 66.66% (10) of patients showing moderate improvement. Thus ‘Tila taila’ can be effectively used for sroto shodhana in patients of sthoulya to reduce weight.

Keywords: Sthoulya, Tila taila, srotoshodhana, medohara, weight loss, obesity.