IJRAP International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy 2277-4343 Moksha Publishing House DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.11014 A REVIEW ON AYURVEDIC VIEW OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DIABETES MELLITUS Aditya Bhat * Geetha Kumari S. 11 -0001 17 19 Diabetes mellitus has been explained in Ayurvedic texts many centuries ago as the disease Madhumeha. It is understood as a metabolic disease resulting due to excessive energy intake and lack of energy expenditure. The disease has been explained to involve multiple causative factors like faulty diet and lifestyle as well as hereditary factors. The pathogenesis of the disease is mentioned to involve multiple tissues with a predominance of Meda (adipose tissue), Mamsa (skeletal tissue) and Kleda (body fluids). The disease is understood in Ayurveda as causing progressive depletion of tissues of the body. Over a period of time this leads to aggravation of Vatadosha which eliminates Ojus (a vital substance of__ampersandsignnbsp; __ampersandsignnbsp;body) through urinary passages. Madhumeha diabetes melliitus kapha meda