A REVIEW ON THERAPEUTIC USE OF VIDANGA (EMBELIA RIBES) FOR PATHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY AS PER AYURVEDIC CLASSICS

Abstract

Atisthaulya is one of the oldest documented metabolic disturbance in Ayurveda associated with obesity. In Ayurvedic literature, Ati-sthaulya has been described not as obese state only rather than a clustering of pathological events induced by obesity. The concept of Atisthoulya bear a resemblance with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Vidanga (Embelia Ribes) is one of the important herb that has been described in Charak Samhita to treat Atisthoulya. This reviews aims at providing scientific evidences behind such use of Vidanga (Embelia Ribes).