Virechana for Diabetes – A Success Story From Adyant Ayurveda

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Patient background:

A male patient aged around 57 years approached Adyant Ayurveda with the concern of raised blood sugar levels, tested randomly during a routine blood check. The 3 months average HbA1c values was 8.2, associated with complaints of frequent urination, sweating and improper bowel movements.

Appetite: N
Sleep: N
Prakruti: Vata kapha
Weight: 75kg
Diet was improper with irregular timings of meal, lack of exercise, low stress levels.
No h/o previous illness
No family h/o Diabetes, Hypertension or cardiac issues.

Guideline:

The patient underwent Panchakarma Virechana for 15 days, with a proper ama pachana with panchakola churna as purvakarma, snehapana with panchatikta ghrita for 4 days, bahya snehana with ksheera bala taila, swedana and a thorough purgation on 15^th day. He was advised a 5 day sansarjana krama and was given a detailed diet and lifestyle modification.

Along with virechana, internal medications like chandraprabha, punarnava, curcumin were advised for a course of 8 weeks.

Outcome:

The patient noted significant reduction in weight, reduced frequency of urination, reduction in sweating and proper bowel movements.

After the completion of virechana and 8 weeks of internal medications, the blood tests were done, the HbA1c levels were 5.6.

A significant impact on raised blood sugar levels was noted with Virechana which worked as a catalyst to accelerate the results.

However the patient is advised to continue the medications and get the HbA1c values checked every 3 months once.

A strict diet and lifestyle modification are also advised.

Conclusion:

Panchakarma Virechana is a very impactful therapy in the management of Diabetes. A properly planned protocol of medications, diet and lifestyle modification, along with stress management will help maintain and paves a path for reversal.