Acta Biomedica Scientia

THE MANAGEMENT OF STHAULYA WITH SURYANAMASKAR AND VARAASANADI KASAYAM

Mani Bharathi K*, Venugopalan S1, Anitha Patil

vaidyamani@gmail.com

Surya namasakar, Vara asanadi kasayam, Sthaulya, Weight loss

Overweight /obesity is one among the metabolic risk factors of Non communicable diseases (NCD) which kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 74% of all death globally. Cardiovascular diseases account for most NCD deaths, or 17.9 million people annually, followed by cancers (9.3 million), chronic respiratory diseases (4.1 million), and diabetes (2.0 million including kidney disease deaths caused by diabetes). Today the problem of obesity is increasing among childhood and middle age people. The aim of this study was to observe the effect of Diet and life style modification, surya namsakar, and vara asanadi kasayam (VAK) on sthaulya (Obesity). Suryanamaskar means salutations to the sun has twelve step of asana, Suryanamaskara is a complete Sadhana,Spiritual practice, in itself for it includes asana, pranayama, mantra and meditation techniques. It increases Ayu (Longevity) Prajna (Intellect), balam (Strength of body and mind) and veerya (Potency).Sahasra yoga quotes Vara Asanadi kasayam is extremely successful in the management of obesity and overweight within one month. 120 persons from Northern Tamilnadu having average age of 25 to 50 with BMI ranges from 30 to 35 participated as subjects. All of them were in normal healthy condition without secondary obesity. The literature mentions weight loss due to regular practice of ahara (diet), vihara (Whole some life style), and aushadha (Drugs). The randomised clinical study revealed that a regular practice of surya namaskar and intake of vara asanadi kasayam for 6 month significantly reduced the weight of 30 sthaulya persons of the experimental group, this research confirms the same, and thereby it proves Suryanamaskar enhances the efficacy of vara asanai kasayam in the management of sthaulya