A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF GOMUTRA HARITAKI VATI AND MUSTADI VATI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF STHAULYA (W.S.R. TO OBESITY)

Sthaulya (Obesity) is among the diseases which are increasing in prevalence day by day. It is important to rule out it on time and get cured. Symptoms and complications of it have effect on daily work efficiency. This study was carried out on 30 patients having classical symptoms of Sthaulya. Patients were selected as per the inclusion, exclusion and diagnostic criteria. Patients were divided into two groups randomly. Group A was treated with Gomutra haritaki vati and Group B was treated with Mustadi vati for 8 weeks. Grade score were adopted for the assessment of the symptoms. The obtained data were analyzed statisti-cally. Probable action of Gomutra haritaki vati might be Srotobandh nashana, Malashodhana and Aama-paachana while of Mustadi vati might be Dhatushoshana, Rukshana, Lekhana. Thus, both drugs have beneficial effect in treating Sthaulya. This study includes 30 patients. In Group A, 20% patients were 100% cured, 66.66% had marked improvement and 13.33% patients had moderate improvement. In group B, 40% patients were 100% cured, 40% patients had marked improvement, 20% patients had mod-erate improvement. Group A showed 84.12% result while Group B showed 82.07% result.