Abstract:
Syndrome-X has emerged as an area of special interest to medical
faculty as it houses worst lifestyle pathologies in one patient.
There being unknown common ground to Diabetes Mellitus,
Hypertension, Obesity & dyslipidemia, the nomenclature adopted
is Syndrome-X.As these
diseases are observed to be led by Diabetes Mellitus, the other
names of the syndrome are Metabolic Syndrome & Insulin resistant
syndrome.This
is why the Ayurvedic name attributed is 'Santarpanottha
Madhumeha Vishesha'. The present study was aimed at observing &
evaluating the common Nidana along with a comparative clinical
study of two herbo-mineral compounds. 100 diagnosedpatientsof
Syndrome-X were selected andrandomly divided in two groups of fifty patientseach; Group-A receiving Compound - A, WhereasGroup-Breceiving
Compound - A with Medohara (Navak) Guggulu respectively. The
vehicle for both the groups was Dashamoola decoction in a dose
of 40 ml twice a day for 45 days. It wasobserved that most patients in group -B had significant
improvement in Shrama, Prabhoot mootrata, Daurbalya, Vibandha,
Kanthatalu shosha, Pipasadhikya & Sada.
Key words:
Syndrome-X, Madhumeha, Sthaulya, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia,
Body Mass Index, Guggulu
*
Professor & Head , PG Dept of Roga & Vikriti Vigyan, National
Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur **
Lecturer, SSMD Ayurvedic College & Hospital, Moga, Punjab
