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The Ayurvedic method for weight loss has stood the test of thousands of years, so it is unlikely to disappear the way that modern fad diets fade. The ancient Indian medical model succeeds because it approaches weight loss from an individualized perspective, taking into consideration the patient’s constitution. The aim is to bring the body into balance, eliminate toxins, and enhance proper digestion and metabolism for maximum absorption of nutrients.

Ayurvedic Treatment for Weight Loss

Ayurvedic treatment is based on exercise and a diet suited to the individual’s body type, the use of hot, penetrating herbs, and meditation. According to Ayurvedic medicine, to lose weight and maintain healthy digestion all food should be fresh, freshly prepared and light; water should be warm, and herbs should be pungent and bitter.

Ayurvedic physicians view obesity as an imbalance in the vata, pitta or kapha doshas, or body types. Vata types tend to be moody and thin, and benefit the most from warm, moist, oily, heavy, cooked foods emphasizing the sweet, sour and salty taste. Pitta types are intense and do best with cool or warm, dry food, moderately heavy textures and sweet, bitter and astringent tastes. Kapha types tend to be large and steady and benefit from light, warm and dry foods, raw, fresh vegetables and fruits, and foods with a spicy, bitter or astringent taste. Each dosha requires a different type of diet to keep digestion clean and efficient. Most people are a combination of a predominant and a secondary dosha. Both doshas are influential and need to be kept in balance for optimal health.

Basic Ayurvedic Tips for Weight Loss

    * Drink hot water frequently throughout the day.
    * Make lunch the largest meal of the day.
    * Add fresh ginger, cumin, black pepper, turmeric and fenugreek to aid digestion.
    * Eat a light evening meal with easy-to-digest foods.
    * Avoid eating leftovers. They are low in life-force and harder to digest.
    * Exercise daily to improve digestion, metabolism and elimination.
    * Practice meditation and yoga daily to keep the mind and body balanced and to reduce food cravings.
    * Go to bed by 10:00 p.m.

Ayurvedic Formulas for Weight Loss

Probably the most common Ayurvedic weight-loss formula is Triphala Guggulu. Triphala is a combination of three fruits with purifying and antioxidant qualities. Guggulu helps balance the metabolism and improves digestion. It is made from the gum of a tree related to the myrrh family. Other herbs that improve metabolism include Carthamus tinctoris, Careya arborea, and shilajatu. Turmeric, barberry, trikatu (a combination of black pepper, ginger and Indian long pepper) and catechu help rid the body of toxins.

Ayurvedic Weight Loss Diet for Vata Doshas

Vata types usually stay thin, but imbalances can result in weight gain. The best course of action for this type is to eat three warm, moist, cooked meals at the same time every day. Prepare foods by steaming, sautéing and boiling, adding coconut oil or butter. This will enhance the body’s ability to digest and assimilate nutrients. Use mild spices, such as ginger, cumin, basil, tarragon, thyme, oregano and fennel. These guidelines will assist the Vata type to release extra weight.

    * Ideal breakfast foods are sweet hot cereals or warm, sweet fruits such as berries, apples and pears. Add fresh bananas, apricots, grapes, figs and dates.

    * Lunch should be about half brown rice, couscous, or whole wheat; 30 percent well-cooked vegetables, such as asparagus, beets, carrots, green beans, leeks, onions, sweet potatoes or zucchini; and 20 percent light proteins, such as seafood, chicken or turkey.

    * A late afternoon snack might include hot herbal teas, or nuts with yogurt.

    * At dinnertime, try whole-grain bread and butter with a hearty vegetable soup, or a cup of warm milk and fresh, light cheese.

Ayurveda Campus is the only centre for Bachelor level Ayurvedic education in Nepal. It resulted from the merging of HMG's Ayurveda Vidhyalaya and Chikitsalaya with the Institute of Medicine in 1972. History reveals that Rajakiya. Ayurveda Vidhyalaya was the first to start technical education in the country in 1928. Ayurveda Campus is solely committed to produce qualified doctors to meet the national need. At present Ayurveda Campus is conducting BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) programme as a branch of Institute of Medicine (IOM) under Tribhuvan University (T.U.). BAMS is a 5.5 years course equivalent to MBBS in the related field. It consists of 3 professionals of 18 months each, basic sciences, pre-clinical and clinical subjects with laboratory and hospital practice respectively. After completion of 4.5 years academic course one has to complete 1 year compulsory rotating internship in different departments of Ayurvedic Hospitals or Ayurveda Teaching Hospital. Its administrative building has been completed and academic building is under construction. Its teaching hospital and other building will be constructed according to the proposed master plan at Kirtipur in the sufficient land provided by T.U.