Cardio Vascular Diseases - Ayurvedic Treatments for Hypertension
Hypertension is a chronic non communicable disease in which the pressure applied by the blood on the wall of the artery is raised. It is classified as Primary Hypertension & Secondary hypertension. Primary hypertension has no clear underlying cause but is due to complex genetic and environmental factors. Causes of secondary hypertension are identified as Chronic Kidney diseases, Heart diseases, Pheochromocytoma & some endocrine diseases. Hypertension rarely accompanied with symptoms like headache, vertigo, lightheadedness, epistaxis, sweating, excessive palpitation, tinnitus, & altered vision or fainting. The more blood your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries, the higher your blood pressure. Uncontrolled high blood pressure increases your risk of heart attack and stroke.
Ayurvedic treatment of Cardio-Vascular Diseases such as hypertension is planned according to Dosha and Dushya involved in pathogenesis. Also, mental faculties like excessive thinking, anger, fear etc., plays an important role in the pathogenesis, progression, and prognosis of the disease. Hence, the type of therapies recommended would be one that can pacify these disturbed Tridosas and Manasika Bhavas.
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Treatment tips
- Adopt a diet which is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy products.
- Reduce consumption of refined sugar and heavily processed food.
- Reduce caffeine intake, and limit alcohol consumption.
- Avoid or Reduce: pickles, egg, canned foods, meats, preservatives, salt, oil
- Adopt regular aerobic exercises such as brisk walking, jogging, running it improves blood flow and helps to reduce resting heart rate and blood pressure.
- Weight loss reduces the resistance burden on the vascular system
- Discontinuing tobacco use in any form has also shown to lower blood pressure.
- Yoga: Shavasana, Sukhasana, Dhanurasana, Makarasana, Vajrasana, along with regular practice of Pranayama are found to be very useful for lowering blood pressure.
- Sarvanga Abhyangya (Full Body oil massage), Takradhara, Shirodhara with specially formulated oils and herbs helps to increase elasticity and flexibility of blood vessels and thus corrects and enhances the blood flow in a healthy manner. Meet our Ayurveda doctor in Dubai or Ajman for further advice.
Anaemia is defined as a decrease in red blood cell (RBC) mass. The hemoglobin in RBC delivers oxygen from the lungs to the tissues and carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs. The decrease in the number of RBCs transferring oxygen and carbon dioxide diminishes the body’s ability for gaseous exchange. The decrease may be caused from blood loss, increased destruction of RBCs (hemolysis), or decreased production of RBCs. Out of different types of Anaemia, Iron deficiency Anaemia is the most common type.
Pandu Roga in Ayurveda resembles Anaemia of modern science. Ayurveda uses the inherent power of natural herbs to overcome Anaemia of extrinsic and intrinsic origins. The herbal drugs used in Ayurveda helps in clearing the minute channels of the body thus increasing the process of efficient metabolism which further helps in production of nutrient factors required for nourishing all the tissues including Rakta (blood).
Treatment tips:
- Favor red spinach, raisins, apricot, pomegranate, jaggery, gooseberry, inflorescence of banana.
- Avoid sour salty pungent food, spicy food, mustard, pickles, alcohol consumption, and alkaline substances.
- Adopt iron fortified cereals, breads and pastas.
- Vitamin C-rich food such as broccoli, tangerines, tomatoes, melons, oranges etc. enhances iron absorption.
- Comprehensive Ayurvedic medicines like Mandoora vataka, ayaskriti, lohasavam, saptamrita loha, draksharishtam etc. indicated in the treatment of Anemia. Book an appointment with our Best ayurvedic doctors in Dubai.
Varicosity is disorder of veins where veins become tortuous, twisted, or lengthened, usually of legs. Risk factors can be categorized as hormonal, lifestyle, acquired, and inherited. Size alone cannot determine an abnormality, because the size depends on ambient body temperature and, in women, hormonal factors, except for if the enlargement is severe. The normal superficial veins in a thin person can be misjudged as an enlarged one, whereas varicose veins in an obese person may be hidden.
Varicose veins can be categorized as trunk, reticular, or telangiectasia. Telangiectasia may also be referred to as matted veins, thread veins, star bursts or spider veins. Most commonly seen varicose veins are primary and secondary types occur due to conditions such as deep vein thrombosis and occlusion, pelvic tumors, or arterio-venous fistula.
Siragrandhi mentioned in Ayurveda is caused due to the accumulation of impure blood and vitiation of vata in the veins leading to dilation of veins and tortuosity. Ayurveda advises internal medicines primarily aiming in pitta shamana (pacifies pitta) and Raktaprasadaka (blood purifying) thereby clearing the underlying pathology of Siragranthi.
Treatment tips:
- Avoid Smoking which is a major alterable risk factor for varicose veins.
- Exercise and Yogasanas improve muscle strength, restores the flow of blood and increase the circulation.
- Beneficial Yogasanas: Sarvangasana, Halasana, Pavanamuktasana.
- Adopt activities such as walking, cycling, and swimming into everyday routine to help tone the muscles.
- Elevate the legs using pillows or any other props overnight or for a few hours during the day time.
- Massage therapies utilizing pressures onto the muscles in the upward direction of the legs also results in good circulation and proper drainage of blood.
- Favor Garlic, Amla or Indian gooseberry, Tomatoes, Grape fruit and seeds, Oranges, Sweet lime, and Lemon. These have anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-allergic properties which helps in quenching the free radicals and preventing their harmful effects.
Mahamanjishtadi Kashayam, Kaisora Guggulu, Amrutottaram Kashayam, Pinda tailam, Vasaguluchyadi Kashayam, Soorana avaleham, Gruhadhoomadi Choorna, Madhuyashtyadi tailam etc are effective Ayurvedic medicines in clinical practice. Meet our Ayurveda doctor at our Ayurvedic Centers at Jumeirah, Dubai Healthcare City, Al Nahda and Ajman.
