Ayurvedic treatment for obesity

Advice for ayurvedic treatment for overweight people from a professional practitioner generally includes:

Follow a regular lifestyle regimen and diet according to your constitution. Increase intake of foods that enhance your digestive fire or digestive power. Foods which enhance digestive fire are Ginger, Papaya, Mango, Pineapple, and Bitter melons. Fast one day a week (you can take liquids, fruit or vegetable juices, warm skim milk, light soups, teas, etc); use herbs and spices like cumin, ginger, mustard seed, cayenne, and black pepper generously in your cooking. Do exercise, yoga, meditation, and pranayama (breathing exercises) regularly according to your body type.

Herbs for Ayurvedic treatment of obesity:-

Take herbs like gotu kola, Amalaki, and shilajit in powder or capsule form. Take a teaspoon of guggul with ginger and honey two or three times daily. Mix chitrak (Plumbago zeylonica), kukti, and trikatu in equal parts. Daily take 1/2 teaspoon of this herbal blend with warm water.

These remedies are recommended for everyone irrespective of their dosha. Herbal ayurvedic remedies based on dosha type should be taken care of a professional ayurvedic practitioner.