Authors : Ashok Kumar Panda, Suvendu Rout, Amulya Ratna Biswal, Sarbeswar Kar
DOI : 10.18231/j.jpmhh.2022.003
Volume : 8
Issue : 1
Year : 2022
Page No : 9-15
Fatty liver disease is a spectrum of liver disease, from a "bland" fatty infiltration to chronic hepatitis (steatohepatitis or NASH), that can result in cirrhosis, hepato cellular carcinoma and organ failure. The prevalence of fatty liver in India is 9-32% with an average of 25% in general population in India. There is no pharmacological agent being officially approved. Therefore, prevention and stop the progression of fatty liver by life style modification and Ayurveda medication are very acceptable by people now a day. Ayurveda treatment involves diet, yogic intervention, Panchakarma therapy and drug therapy. Ayurveda medication can improve the hepatic lipid metabolism, stop hepatic lipogenesis, regulate the mitochondrial dysfunction, modulate lipid metabolism by bile synthesis, modulate the hepatic inflammation through apoptosis and autophagy, correction of gut bacterial composition. The few evidences suggested to practice and generate more data for prevention and arrest the progression of fatty liver diseases.
Keywords: Panchakarma, Ayurveda, Microbata.