DYSLIPIDEMIA: AN AYURVEDIC APPROACH

Abstract

Dyslipidemia involves abnormally elevated levels of any or all lipids and/or lipoproteins in the blood.It can be included under Santarpanjanya vyadhi as “Medoroga”. In our body, there are many tissues which are rich in lipids such as Medodhatu, Vasa and Majja dhatu. Among the above lipids; Medo dathu is very important, as it has significant role in developing many metabolic disorders. The pathology- it is a condition caused by derangement of agni, leads to aamarasa, aama causes Medo dhatwagni mandya; which leads to excess homologues Poshaka Medo dhatu in circulation, which can be referred to the conditions such as Dyslipidemia. Hyperlipidemia a broad term, also called hyper lipoproteinemia, is a common disorder in developed countries and is the major cause of coronary heart disease and stroke. Dyslipidemia in general has no apparent symptoms and can diagnosed during routine examination. The high costs and side effects of hyperlipidemia medications have led many people to search for alternate treatments. Therefore there is need to evaluate herbal formulations for the treatment of dyslipidemia.