Management of a patient of hypertriglyceridemia with Benign Prostate Hyperplasia through integrative medicine - A case report

This is a case report of a 60-year-old male, who was a patient of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia since 2019, diagnosed as having Hypertriglyceridemia (Serum Triglycerides-839 mg/dL) after routine screening in a Diagnostic Laboratory. Although these were two distinct disease entities, Charaka Samhita's concept of Srotas was taken into consideration for treatment, and drugs that reduced both Serum Triglyceride levels and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) of BPH were chosen. Varanadi Kashaya and Shilajitvadi Bati were given as medicines and after one month of follow-up, Serum Triglycerides decreased to 283 mg/dL, and improvement in the form of reduction of hesitancy during urination was appreciated by the patient. Over the course of the next one and a half years, the patient's serum triglycerides level was monitored with the same two medicines, along with the addition of Vastyamayantaka Ghritam and improvement was seen at each follow-up appointment. Therefore, in people with obesity and disorders of urinary system, the medicines which act on the kidneys can be selected, since they serve as the common origin for Medovaha Srotas and Mutravaha Srotas.