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Lekhaniya mahakashaya significantly reduces Weight and BMI. Santarpana janya vikara as explained in Ayurvedic classics produces Medo-dushti, which is a root cause of many diseases. Administration of Lekhaniya mahakashaya which is Tikta-Katu in Rasa (Bitter taste), Ushna Veerya (Hot in potency), Laghu\nand Ruksha (light and dry qualities); Katu Vipaka and is thus Vata Kaphahara. These all properties are against\nMedo dhatu which helps to reduce fat in the body. Hence Lekhaniya mahakashaya can be effectively used in the\nmanagement of obesity.</jats:p>","journal":"International Ayurvedic Medical Journal","year":2023,"id":591819,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1514294,"name":"Seema U. Atram","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1514295,"name":"Sanjay R. 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