Effect of Holistic Module of Yoga and Ayurvedic Panchakarma in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus—A Pilot Study.docVIP

Open Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, 2013, 3, 90-98 /10.4236/ojemd.2013.31014 Published Online February 2013 (/journal/ojemd) Effect of Holistic Module of Yoga and Ayurvedic Panchakarma in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus—A Pilot Study Barve Vaibhavi, Tripathi Satyam, Patra Sanjibkumar, Nagarathna Raghuram, Nagendra H. Ramarao Division of Life Sciences, SVYASA, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, Bangalore, India Email: barvevaibhavi@ Received November 24, 2012; revised December 26, 2012; accepted January 28, 2013 ABSTRACT Objective: Ayurveda and Yoga have emerged as beneficial adjuvant in management of diabetes. This pilot study was planned to understand the concepts and assess the effect of a combination of Ayurvedic panchakarma and Yoga. Design: Experimental pilot study with pre post design. Subjects: Twelve patients with type 2 diabetes in age between 40 - 70 years (mean 56 ± 9.08) with no cardiac, renal or retinal complications. Settings: Residential Holistic Health Centre of S-VYASA. Intervention: A validated Ayurveda protocol comprising of panchakarma followed by maintenance the- rapy with a specific module of Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy for Diabetes that included selected physical pos- tures (asanas), pranayama, meditation, lifestyle change and yogic counseling for stress management. All subjects un- derwent a residential program for six weeks followed by therapy at home for 12 weeks. Results were analyzed using paired “t” test. Results: After 6 weeks, Fasting Blood Glucose reduced (p 0.05) from 129.31 ± 58.11 to 103.54 ± 40.74 (19.93%), Post Prandial Blood Glucose from 191.69 ± 76.77 to 152.92 ± 62.06 (20.23%, p 0.05), Total choles- terol from 209 ± 33.7 to 186.92 ± 23.36 (10.56%, p 0.05), Triglycerides from 198.25 ± 94.78 to 151.25 ± 43.65 (23.71%, p 0.05), HbA1c reduced (p = 0.014) from 8.79 ± 2.12 to 8.07 ± 1.77 (8.19%) in 6 th week and further to 7.63 ± 2.12 (13.1