Assessing Meda Dhatu Dushti (fat tissue imbalance) in Ayurveda involves examining subjective symptoms like excessive sweating, sweet taste, laziness, and body odor, alongside objective signs such as obesity, abdominal fat, tumors, and skin issues, correlating classical signs with modern metrics like BMI, lipids (triglycerides), and leptin levels, recognizing it as the root of disorders like obesity, diabetes, and PCOD, linking it to Medovaha Srotas Dushti (channel obstruction) and Agni Mandya (weak digestion).Serum insulin refers to the amount of the hormone insulin in your bloodstream, measured via a blood test, crucial for regulating blood sugar by helping cells absorb glucose for energy; it's used to diagnose diabetes, insulin resistance (often with prediabetes/metabolic syndrome), hypoglycemia, and pancreatic tumors (insulinomas), usually requiring a fast before the blood draw for accurate fasting levels. Levels help assess pancreas function and how effectively your body uses insulin, working alongside glucose tests for a complete picture of metabolic health. Also levels of serum Insulin is closely related to obesity which we can compare it to meda dhatu dushti and meda dhatvagnimandya. The assessment of Meda Dhatu Dushti (vitiation of fat tissue) and serum insulin levels involves an integrated approach bridging Ayurvedic diagnostics with modern metabolic markers, particularly in cases of obesity (Sthaulya), Metabolic Syndrome, and Diabetes (Madhumeha).This Research paper indicates a strong correlation between Medovaha Srotas Dushti (dysfunction of fat channels) and insulin resistance.
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