Ayurvedic Perspective of Hypothyroidism w. s. r to Dhatawagnimandya: A Conceptual Study

Nikita Gupta, Lajwanti Keswani, Atal Singh Kushwaha

Abstract: The fast growing lifestyle and work culture has made human life sedentary and technology dependent, which in turns makes human lazy and physically inactive. This sedentary and stressful lifestyle has led to various metabolic diseases i. e. lifestyle disorders such as Hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus etc. It?s been observed that students and new generation of Ayurveda are facing difficulties in managing and understanding these diseases by Ayurveda perspective, as these diseases are not mentioned as by their names. Hypothyroidism is also one of them which is more prevalent now a days. Hence to give it an Ayurveda background in relation to its physio-pathology understanding this paper will help in this regard.

Keywords: Hypothyroidism, jatharagni, bhutagni, dhatwagni, dhatawagnimandya, kapha dosha, Ayurveda, med dhatu, dhatu dushti, ras dhatu, hyp metabolism