IV Drip Therapy for Weight Loss- Ayurveda Help to Get Best Results

Iv therapy for weight loss is a faster and more effective method to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Iv drips contain a blend of minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants in a package of normal saline or other iv fluids that are infused directly in the vein; there is no need to metabolize through the digestive system. On the other hand, taking oral pills for weight loss passes through your digestive system where the quality of nutrients is lost during the digestion process.

Key ingredients

1. Vitamin B1- thiamin helps in keeping the nervous system healthy. It enhances circulation to the heart muscles and peripheral parts of the body. It helps in boosting metabolism and the breakdown of carbohydrates, increasing energy levels of the body to exercise efficiently.
2. Vitamin B2- vitamin b2 which is riboflavin helps in boosting metabolism. It works at a cellular level, increasing antioxidants and preventing free radicals.
3. Vitamin b3- niacin helps reduce the levels of triglycerides, breaking down the fat cells. It helps in removing toxins from the body.
4. Vitamin b6- It boosts metabolism and helps burn fat and calories faster. It acts as a mild diuretic and also helps in flushing out the toxins. A low level of vitamin b6 reduces the levels of serotonin in the brain which leads to an increase in appetite and hence, more food consumption and weight gain.
5. Vitamin b12- it helps in the formation of healthy red blood cells and boosts metabolism, converting food into energy. It helps in fighting fatigue so that one can exercise efficiently.
6. Vitamin B5- It reduces lethargy and triglyceride levels in the body.
7. Vitamin C – It acts as a key ingredient in burning your fat cells. It helps in treating adrenal fatigue. Adrenal fatigue occurs when cortisol levels increase in the body due to many factors including stress. Increased cortisol level leads to weight gain. Vitamin c inhibits the secretion of cortisol from adrenal glands.
8. Mic- Methionine, inositol, and choline are the three essential ingredients that enhance metabolism.

Benefits

1. Iv therapy for weight loss leads to faster and more efficient burning of fats and calories.
2. The effect of an iv drip lasts for 2-3 weeks. The nutrients are infused slowly into your bloodstream over a time period of 1 hour.
3. It's a safe and effective way for losing weight.
4. It increases your metabolism and boosts your energy levels
5. Works at a cellular level, helps in detoxification of the body, reducing free radicals and increasing antioxidants.
6. Iv fluid used in the drip is usually normal saline which helps in maintaining the hydration of the body.

Ayurveda

Ayurveda suggests various treatments, diet regimens, and yoga for weight loss. As mentioned by Acharya Chraka in charak samhita sutra sthana 21- obesity is an excessive increase in adipose tissue and muscle tissue which leads to flabbiness of hips, abdomen, and breast. Obesity is the imbalance of 3 doshas vata , pitta, and kapha. Vitiated kapha dosha/ama dosha ( toxins) leads to improper digestion and metabolism. Vitiated pitta and vata dosha can also suffer from poor digestion. Low metabolism leads to the storage of fat tissues instead of converting them into energy.

How Ayurveda can help us maintain the results of weight loss iv therapy

1. Trikatu – a combination of 3 herbs such as pippali , saunth, and maricha , takes 2 gms of its powder with lukewarm water two times a day, morning and evening before a meal. It will help in maintaining good metabolism for efficient burning of fat and calories.
2. Add saunth and dalchini in a glass of water, and boil it till it remains half. Drink it in the early morning.
3. Amla juice- amla is a very good source of vitamin C. Take 30ml of amla juice empty stomach in the morning daily. It will help boost your metabolism and balances the cortisol levels in your body.
4. Giloy – it's a very good antioxidant. It prevents damaging of cells, and balances tridoshas. It can be consumed in juice or tablet form.

Ayurvedic management of obesity – Classical therapies

Three steps that help in weight loss

1. Shodhana ( body purification technique)
2. Shaman ( body pacifying technique)
3. Nidana parivarjan ( avoiding the causative factors of disease)

Shodhana

This technique is also called panchkarma and It includes

Preliminary procedure- Snehan and swedana.

• Snehan– it can be administered in 2 ways: oral intake of ghee and application of ghee. Ghee gas deep action. It takes from the different parts of the body which are joints, bones, and bone marrow.
• Application of oil also called abhyanga is body massage with herbal oil for improving blood circulation and supplying oxygen to each and every part of the body that helps in rejuvenation.
• Swedana– profuse sweating is done to liquefy the doshas/toxins so that they can easily be eliminated from the body with the main procedures. Eg. of swedana is a steam bath, patra potli sweda ( massage with herbal poultice).

Main procedure

Main procedures include vaman , virechan , vasti , nasya

• Virechan is done for the elimination of liquefied doshas from the body. In this procedure, medication is administered through oral route to eliminate the doshas through anal route.
• Vasti – with above procedures we remove kapha and meda ( fat tissues) from the body and there are chances that vata dosha may get elevated. To balance the vata dosha we give vasti that enema of herbal formulation is given through anal root.
• Nasya – administration of medications through nostrils.

Rukshan chikitsa

Rukshan is also called as dry treatment or udwarthanam. It's a dry powder message of the body done in upward direction with special herbal preparation. It helps open the pores of the body so that toxins can be removed easily. It reduces the fat tissues, maintains the softness of the skin, removes the blockage of the vessels, increases the tissue heat and stimulates the fat metabolism.

Shaman chikitsa – body pacifying techniques

It does not eliminate doshas from the but balances the imbalanced doshas.

• Langhan (fasting)
• Ama (toxin) pachan

Herbs

1. For obesity we use guru ( heavy) and aptarpan ( which do reduce) herbs that have Vata and kapha dosha pacifying properties. Best example is honey.
2. Herbs that have digestive and carminative properties to balance jatharagni ( digestive fire)
3. Herbs which clear the obstruction of body channels
4. Herbs of pungent, bitter and astringent taste
5. Pragbhakt kaal – herbs that are used for the management of obesity should be taken before meals for its effective action on metabolism.

Nidaan parivarjan

Avoiding causative factors of the disease for effectiveness of the treatment

Lifestyle tips

It includes diet and exercise

Exercise

140 minutes a week should be given to aerobic exercises.

Daily 45 minutes of brisk walking

Yoga

Nadi shodhan pranayam, anulom vilom and kapalbhati

Surya namaskar

Diet

1. High protein diet, eg. chickpeas, beans, soya
2. Your food plate should be half filled with vegetables. Do not fry the vegetables while cooking. It should be steamed and boiled. Eg. bitter gourd, drum stick, brinjal, etc.
3. Skimmed milk instead of full cream milk, oats, poha, brown rice
4. Avoid drinking excess water as it hampers digestion.
5. Fix your time for food. There should be a 4-5 hour gap in between lunch and dinner and dinner should be taken 3 hours before sleep.
6. Multigrain flour should be used for making chapatis – it should contain wheat 50 % and jawar, soya, chana, bajra ragi 10 % each. Mix all the flour.

Conclusion

At last, we can say IV drip therapy is very useful for managing weight but this can be done with ayurvedic herbs and herbal formulations. So choose the natural way to lose weight and keep yourself safe and healthy.